| 单词 | water rotting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwater rotting ˈwater rotting n. [compare slightly earlier water retting n.] ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > [noun] > processes in working with flax or hemp retting1611 rottinga1682 water retting1710 water rotting1714 ret1849 1714 Let. from One in Boston to Friend in Country 8 A Bounty for the encouraging the Sowing, water-rotting, and well curing of Hemp. 1794 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Cambr. 218 The practice of water-rotting is generally prefer'd to that of dew-rotting. 1863 Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1862 116 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (37th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Exec. Doc. 78) XI Water-rotting is essential for the finest fibre. 2007 L. A. Nelson Pharsalia (2009) iii. 117 By the early nineteenth century..it had become widely accepted that water rotting produced a higher quality fiber for rope. < as lemmas |
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