different between retting vs wetting

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?t??/, [?w????]
• Homophone: wedding

Verb

wetting

1. present participle of wet

Noun

wetting (plural wettings)

1. The act of making something wet.
   • 1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c. (page 28)

     It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […]

2. The act of accidental urination on or in something.

Derived terms

• bedwetting

Translations

Adjective

wetting (not comparable)

1. That makes (something) wet.

Derived terms

• wetting agent