v.place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue

Color measurement of flax retted by various means.
Fibres from semi-retted hemp bundles by steam explosion treatment
Quality properties of flax fibers retted with enzymes.
Analysis of retted and non retted flax fibres by chemical and enzymatic means
Modifying dew-retted flax fibers by means of an air-atomized enzyme treatment.
Fibers from semi-retted hemp bundles by steam explosion treatment. Biomass Bioenergy 14:251
Evaluating chemically retted kenaf using chemical, histochemical, and microspectrophotometric analyses.
Chemical and physical characterization of water- and dew-retted flax fibers.
Identification and Retting Efficiencies of Fungi Isolated from Dew-Retted Flax in the United States and Europe
Enzymatic degradation of residual non-cellulosic polysaccharides present on dew-retted flax fibres