1) Textile art
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Retting is a process employing the action of micro-organisms and moisture on plants to dissolve or rot away much of the cellular tissues and pectins surrounding bast-fibre bundles, and so facilitating separation of the fibre from the stem. It is used in the production of fibre from plant materials such as flax and hemp stalks and coir from coconut...
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• (n.) A place where flax is retted; a rettery. • (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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process employing the action of bacteria and moisture on plants to dissolve or rot away much of the cellular tissues and gummy substances ... [1 related articles]
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Ret'ting noun 1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called
rotting . See
Ret .
Ure. 2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery.
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