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Verb: ret (retted,retting)  ret
  1. Place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

Derived forms: rets, retted, retting

Type of: douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse

Encyclopedia: Ret