retting
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editretting (countable and uncountable, plural rettings)
- The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
- A place where flax is retted; a rettery.
Synonyms
edit- (preparation of flax): rotting
Verb
editretting
- present participle and gerund of ret
References
edit1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “retting”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editretting f or m (definite singular rettinga or rettingen, indefinite plural rettinger, definite plural rettingene)
- correction
- grading (of a test or similar)
- truing (of a wheel)
References
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editretting f (definite singular rettinga, indefinite plural rettingar, definite plural rettingane)
- correction
- grading (of a test or similar)
References
edit- “retting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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