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Webster 1913 Edition

Water-rot

Wa′ter-rotˊ

,

Verb.

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

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Water-rot

WATER-ROT

,

Verb.

T.

[water and rot.] To rot by steeping in water; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.