(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:02:47

Dew"ret`ting, 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.

 

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