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Dewretting

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dewretting'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dewretting.html. 1828.