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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Netting  \Net"ting\,  n. 
  Urine.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  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.  [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. 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  netting 
  n  1:  a  transparent  fabric  with  a  loose  open  weave  [syn:  {gauze}, 
  {veiling}] 
  2:  creating  netting 




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