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• Retting — is a stage in the manufacturing of vegetable fibers, especially the bast fibers. It is a process that employs water and microbial action to separate the bast fibers from the woody core (the xylem), and sometimes from the epidermis as well.In… …   Wikipedia

• Retting — Ret ting, n. 1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; also called {rotting}. See {Ret}. Ure. [1913 Webster] 2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. Ure. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flax-dresser — flaxˈ dresser noun A person who prepares flax for the spinner by the successive processes of rippling, retting, grassing, breaking, and scutching • • • Main Entry: ↑flax …   Useful english dictionary

• Flax — For other uses, see Flax (disambiguation). Flax Flax plant Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• flax — /flaks/, n. 1. any plant of the genus Linum, esp. L. usitatissimum, a slender, erect, annual plant having narrow, lance shaped leaves and blue flowers, cultivated for its fiber and seeds. 2. the fiber of this plant, manufactured into linen yarn… …   Universalium

• retting — ret v. (about hemp or flax fibers) soften by soaking in water, prepare by dampening with water …   English contemporary dictionary

• Water-retting — Water ret Wa ter ret , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Water retted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Water retting}.] To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water rot. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dew-retting — dewˈ retting noun The process of rotting away the gummy part of hemp or flax by exposure on the grass to dew and rain • • • Main Entry: ↑dew …   Useful english dictionary

• Torzhok — ▪ Russia       city, Tver oblast (province), western Russia, on the Tvertsa River, 37 miles (60 km) west of Tver. The first recorded mention of Torzhok dates from 1139. In the 14th century it became the centre of a small rural district in the… …   Universalium

• rotting — Retting Ret ting, n. 1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; also called {rotting}. See {Ret}. Ure. [1913 Webster] 2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. Ure. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …   Wikipedia