'Retting' definitions:
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Retting \Ret"ting\, n.
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1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking,
maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called
rotting. See Ret. --Ure.
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2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. --Ure.
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