RETIARY

n. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

2.
n.

A retiarius.

3.
a.

Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.

4.
a.

Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.

5.
a.

Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.

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