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Rot \Rot\, v. t.
1. To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially
decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable
fiber.
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2. To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for
the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
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Rot \Rot\, n.
1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
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2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood,
supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot},
{Black rot}, etc., below.
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3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] 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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His cattle must of rot and murrain die. --Milton.
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{Bitter rot} (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the
fungus {Glaeosporium fructigenum}. --F. L. Scribner.

{Black rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the
leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus {Laestadia
Bidwellii}. --F. L. Scribner.

{Dry rot} (Bot.) See under {Dry}.

{Grinder's rot} (Med.) See under {Grinder}.

{Potato rot}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.

{White rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in
whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus
{Coniothyrium diplodiella}. --F. L. Scribner.
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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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Bane \Bane\ (b[=a]n), n. [OE. bane destruction, AS. bana
murderer; akin to Icel. bani death, murderer, OHG. bana
murder, bano murderer, Goth. banja stroke, wound, Gr. foney`s
murderer, fo`nos murder, OIr. bath death, benim I strike.
[root]31.]
1. That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
[Obs. except in combination, as in ratsbane, henbane,
etc.]
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2. Destruction; death. [Obs.]
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The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their
bane. --Milton.
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3. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
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Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.
--Herbert.
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4. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the {rot}.
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Syn: Poison; ruin; destruction; injury; pest.
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