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retiary |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retiary \Re"ti*a*ry\, n. [See {Retiarius}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey. 2. A retiarius. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retiary \Re`ti*a*ry\, a. [Cf. LL retiarius.] 1. Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders. 3. Armed with a net; hence skillful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. --Coleridge.
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