Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ret"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ret \Ret\, v. t.
See {Aret}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ret \Ret\, v. t. [Akin to rot.]
To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from
the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other
treatment. --Ure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ret
v : of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the
fibers form the woody tissue
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