"Retting" is a word in ENGLISH

Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be …

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.

A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, …

búyò - A parcel or bundle of flax, wool, cotton, etc. put on a distaff for spinning; to bundle, make …

A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.

A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.

a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, …

An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair …

One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc.

The coarse tow of flax and hemp.

A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.

One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, …

A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.

Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on …

To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting.

The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by …

A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to …