retting

English

Etymology

ret +‎ -ing

Noun

retting (countable and uncountable, plural rettings)

1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery.

Synonyms

• (preparation of flax): rotting

Verb

retting

1. present participle and gerund of ret

References

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• gittern, gritten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From rette +‎ -ing.

Noun

retting f (definite singular rettinga, indefinite plural rettingar, definite plural rettingane)

1. correction
2. grading (of a test or similar)

References

• “retting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.