Bible Dictionaries
Retting
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A place where flax is retted; a rettery.
(2):
(n.) The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; - also called rotting. See Ret.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retting'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/retting.html. 1828.