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ˈrettery Also 9 -ory, raitory. [f. ret v.2 + -ery.] A place where flax is retted.
1853Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIV. i. 197 Gaseous exhalations, which far and near stamp the unpleasant proximity of a rettery. 1865W. White E. Eng. II. 98 A well-built and well-conducted rettory, or flax-dressing establishment. 1883Times 24 Oct. 3 On account of the pestilential emanations from the retteries. |