fretting
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This requires much care and experience, as the quality depends largely upon effective retting.
From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William
The process is called "retting," as in the linen manufacture.
From The Story of Germ Life by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)
To a large extent retting continues to be conducted in the primitive fashions above described, although numerous and persistent attempts have been made to improve upon it, or to avoid the process altogether.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
When the retting is complete, the flax is set up in sheaves to dry.
From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz
From the earliest times two leading processes of retting have been practised, termed respectively water-retting and dew-retting; and as no method has yet been introduced which satisfactorily supersedes these operations, they will first be described.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
