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retiary

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.