different between retting vs rotting

English

Etymology

ret +? -ing

Noun

retting (countable and uncountable, plural rettings)

1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery.

Synonyms

• (preparation of flax): rotting

Verb

retting

1. present participle of ret

References

1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines

Anagrams

• gittern, gritten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From rette +? -ing.

Noun

retting f (definite singular rettinga, indefinite plural rettingar, definite plural rettingane)

1. correction
2. grading (of a test or similar)

References

• “retting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From Middle English rotynge (“rotting”), from Old English rotung; equivalent to rot +? -ing. Conflated with Middle English rotende, present participle of roten (“to rot”), from Old English rotiende, present participle of rotian (“to rot”).

Verb

rotting

1. present participle of rot

Noun

rotting (plural rottings)

1. The process by which something rots.
   • 1686, Robert Plot, The Natural History of Staffordshire (page 214)

     […] the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves.

2. Material that has rotted.
   • c. 2009, Janice N. Harrington, Possum

     From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.

Related terms

• rottingness

Anagrams

• Gritton

Swedish

Etymology

From Dutch rotting, rotan, from Malay rotang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²r?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t??

Noun

rotting c

1. any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus; rattan
2. (uncountable) the plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.; rattan
3. (by extension) a cane made from this material; rattan

Declension

References

• rotting in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)