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DEWRET Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DEWRET is to ret (flax or hemp) by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. www.merriam-webster.com
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Everything You Need to Know About Dew Retting Linen - LinenMe
Dew retting simply uses the air, dew, sun and fungi to dissolve the unwanted parts of the flax and reveal the linen fibres. The resulting fibres ... www.linenme.com
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Retting - Wikipedia
Retting is a process employing the action of micro-organisms and moisture on plants to dissolve or rot away much of the cellular tissues and pectins en.wikipedia.org
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dew-ret
dew-ret, v. (ˈdjuːrɛt) Also -rot, -rate. [f. dew n. + ret v.2] trans. To ret or macerate (flax, hemp, etc.) so as to detach the fibre from the woody stem, by exposure to the dew and atmospheric influence instead of by steeping in water. Hence ˈdew-retting vbl. n.1710 D. Hilman Tusser Redivivus, Ther... Oxford English Dictionary
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Try Flax Retting 2 Ways: Persuading Flax to Release its Fiber | Spin Off
Retting uses bacterial action and water to rot away the plant constituents that surround and support the long bast fibers. The two types of ... spinoffmagazine.com
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Water retting - Josefin Waltin spinner
Water retting is usually a lot faster than dew retting. Christiane had told me to check daily once the make-believe creek started to smell. waltin.se
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water-ret
ˈwater-ret, v. Also corruptly -rot: see rot v. 4 c. trans. To ret (flax or hemp) by steeping in water: opposed to dew-ret v.1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) VIII. 404/2 Such hemp as is designed for seed is seldom water-retted. 1797 A. Young Agric. Suffolk 121 In a circle of about six miles round Tilnetham... Oxford English Dictionary
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dewret - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
To subject to the process of dewretting. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of ... en.wiktionary.org
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From Flax to Linen: The Retting Process - Vala Alta
The two major retting methods are: Dew Retting; Water Retting. Dew Retting. Dew retting is the oldest and still most common form of retting in western Europe. valaalta.co
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dew-ret, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
What does the verb dew-ret mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb dew-ret. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. www.oed.com
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Days of flax retting - Josefin Waltin spinner
When I (dew) ret my starting point is 20 days, give or take a few depending on the weather. In my calendar I mark 10 days for turning and 17 days for starting ... waltin.se
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dewfull
▪ I. dew, n. (djuː) Forms: 1 déaw, 2 dáw, 2–4 deu, deuȝ, 3 dæw (Orm.), 4 deew, dewȝ, deau, 4–6 dewe, deaw(e, 6 deow(e, due, 3– dew. [Common Teut.: OE. déaw, OFris. daw, OS. dau, MLG. dau, Du. dauw, OHG., MHG. tou (touwes), Ger. thau, tau, ON. dögg, gen. döggvar, Sw. dagg, Da. dug, Goth. *daggwa-:—OT... Oxford English Dictionary
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ret
▪ I. ret, n.1 [f. ret v.2] Retting.1849 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. X. i. 178 If the stem then breaks freely, and the fibre leaves it easily, it will have got a good ret, as it is called. 1949 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xi. 62 Ret, n. and v.t., a special form of rot. The process by which the stalk is prepared ... Oxford English Dictionary
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