Usually means: Process of decomposing plant fibers.
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  1. retting: Merriam-Webster
  2. retting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. retting: Vocabulary.com
  5. Retting, retting: Wordnik
  6. retting: Wiktionary
  7. Retting, retting: Dictionary.com
  8. Retting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Retting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. retting: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Retting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. retting: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Retting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. retting: Encyclopedia

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  1. retting: Medical dictionary

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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(Note: See ret as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (retting)

noun:  The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
noun:  (historical) A place where flax is retted; a rettery.

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