| Rot (rot) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Rot |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Rotted] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Rotting.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian] akin to D.
rotten, Prov. G. rotten, OHG. rozz(?)n, G.
rösten< |
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.
Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay;
to die; to become corrupt.
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To
make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural
processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.
To expose, as flax, to a process of
maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to
ret.
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Process
of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
A disease or decay in fruits,
leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter
rot, Black rot, etc., below.
A fatal
distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due
to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See
1st Fluke, 2.
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