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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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water-rot
ˈwater-rot, v. U.S. [See rot v. 4 c; cf. water-ret v.] = water-ret v. So ˈwater-rotted ppl. a., ˈwater-rotting vbl. n.; hence ˈwater-rot n.1705 Boston News-Let. 30 July 2/2 For Hemp Water rotted,..per Ton,..Six Pounds. 1759 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 8 May 1/2 Some prefer Water-rotting [for flax... 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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