Crossword-Solution: RETTED 6 letters, 4 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

There to lie till it shall be dew-retted or rotted; there to suffer freeze and thaw, chill rains, locking frosts and loosening snows--all the action of the elements--until the gums holding together the filaments of the fibre rot out and dissolve, until the bast be separated from the woody portion of the stalk, and the stalk itself be decayed and easily broken.

This must be retted, carded, spun and woven, and then with scissors, needle and thread I will make you any article of clothing you choose.' We decided that Flamingo Marsh would be the best spot for the operation of steeping or `retting' the flax, and next morning we set out thither; the cart drawn by the ass, and laden with the bundles, between which sat Franz and Knips, while the rest of us followed with spades and hatchets.

This must be retted, carded, spun, and woven, and then with scissors, needle, and thread I will make you any article of clothing you choose." We decided that Flamingo Marsh would be the best spot for the operation of steeping or "retting" the flax, and next morning we set out thither with the cart drawn by the ass, and laden with the bundles, between which sat Franz and Knips, while the rest of us followed with spades and hatchets.

The latest edition of these did not say "No Trespassing" at all, but simply, "Keep out." These signs stood about the newly graded lawns seeming to shake their fists at the curious who peered at the great tur-retted structure.

The first was a wooden press used to crush the stalks of retted hemp straw, so that the harl came away and left the fibre clean.