dewretting

English

Etymology

From dew +‎ retting.

Noun

dewretting (uncountable)

The process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by outdoor exposure, to dew, rain, and sunshine.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “dewretting”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)