retting
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
retting (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 edit
retting
- present participle and gerund of ret
References edit
1839, 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
retting f (definite singular rettinga, indefinite plural rettingar, definite plural rettingane)
- correction
- grading (of a test or similar)
References edit
- “retting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.