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English Dictionary: Netting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
netting
n
  1. a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn: gauze, netting, veiling]
  2. creating nets
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Net \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Netting}.]
      To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand
      dollars by the operation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Net \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Netting}.]
      1. To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to
            net silk.
  
      2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
  
                     And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Netting \Net"ting\, n.
      Urine. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Netting \Net"ting\, n. [From {Net}, n.]
      1. The act or process of making nets or network, or of
            forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc.
  
      2. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads,
            wires, or the like, crossing one another with open spaces
            between.
  
      3. (Naut.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as
            for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing
            sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to
            hinder an enemy from boarding. --Totten.
  
      {Netting needle}, a kind of slender shuttle used in netting.
            See {Needle}, n., 3.
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