Dewretting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dewretting \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.
     [1913 Webster]