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rotting
(encz) | rotting,hnití Zdeněk Brož |
rotting
(gcide) | Retting \Ret"ting\, n.
1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking,
maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called
rotting. See Ret. --Ure.
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2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. --Ure.
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Rotting
(gcide) | Rot \Rot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rotting.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov.
G. rotten, OHG. rozz?n, G. r["o]sten to steep flax, Icel.
rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten.
[root]117. Cf. Ret, Rotten.]
1. To undergo a process common to organic substances by which
they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through
certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some
stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to
become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to
decay.
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Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. --Pope.
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2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to
become corrupt.
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Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
--Macaulay.
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Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. --Thackeray.
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Syn: To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil.
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rotting
(wn) | rotting
n 1: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or
fungal action [syn: decomposition, rot, rotting,
putrefaction] |
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garotting
(encz) | garotting, |
garrotting
(encz) | garrotting, |
globe-trotting
(encz) | globe-trotting,světoběžnictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
globetrotting
(encz) | globetrotting,světoběžnictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
trotting
(encz) | trotting,klusání n: Zdeněk Brož |
trotting horse
(encz) | trotting horse, n: |
Bogtrotting
(gcide) | Bogtrotting \Bog"trot`ting\, a.
Living among bogs.
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globe-trotting
(gcide) | globe-trot \globe"-trot`\, globetrot \globe"trot`\v. i.
to travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing. --
globe"-trot`ter, n. -- globe"-trot`ting, a.
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Rotting
(gcide) | Retting \Ret"ting\, n.
1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking,
maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called
rotting. See Ret. --Ure.
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2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. --Ure.
[1913 Webster]Rot \Rot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rotting.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov.
G. rotten, OHG. rozz?n, G. r["o]sten to steep flax, Icel.
rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten.
[root]117. Cf. Ret, Rotten.]
1. To undergo a process common to organic substances by which
they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through
certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some
stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to
become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to
decay.
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Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. --Pope.
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2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to
become corrupt.
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Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
--Macaulay.
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Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. --Thackeray.
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Syn: To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil.
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Trotting
(gcide) | Trot \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trotting.] [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably
of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott?n to
tread. See Tread.]
1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to
ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.
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2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
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He that rises late must trot all day, and will
scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.
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Water-rotting
(gcide) | Water-rot \Wa"ter-rot`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Water-rotted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Water-rotting.]
To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot
hemp or flax.
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trotting horse
(wn) | trotting horse
n 1: a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for
harness racing [syn: trotting horse, trotter] |
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