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Definition of 'ret'English
Etymology 1
Precise origin uncertain; perhaps related to Middle Dutch ).
Verb
( rett)
To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
* 1989 , (Keith Bosley), translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala , XLVIII:
- the hemp was retted / and soon the retting was done / and swiftly it was hung up / and hurriedly it was dried […].
* 2006 , (Thomas Pynchon), Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 621:
- the lowland nearly silent except for water-thrushes, the harvested fields, the smell of hops being dried in kilns, flax pulled up and piled in sheaves, in local practice not to be retted till the spring
Derived terms
* retter
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Adjective
(head)
retired
Anagrams
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Similar to 'ret'rat, rot, root, rut, riot, rout, reit, ryot, rt, rit, reet, rowt
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