unrettedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛdəd/ Esp. of flax and hemp: not retted or macerated.
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unswingled1538
unretted1821
unhackled1853
1821 Amer. Farmer 21 Dec. 305/3 We were present at a trial of a newly invented machine, made for dressing flax or hemp in an unrotted or unwretted state.
1929 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 77 233 If furnished with the right seed and shown a market for their unretted fibre.
2008 M. Stein When Technol. Fails (rev. ed.) x. 308 The woody cores and unretted hulls are broken out of the stems while leaving the long bast fibers intact.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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