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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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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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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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