Meaning & use
ret
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To soak plant stems, such as flax or hemp, in water so that the fibers separate from the woody parts.
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Farmers used to ret flax in shallow ponds before spinning it into linen.
The retted stalks were dried and then beaten to extract the fibers.
A note on using this word
A specialized agricultural term, rarely used outside descriptions of traditional fiber processing.
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soak
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