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To insnare; to entrap. [Obs.] Johnson.

A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits. Lam. iv. 20.

A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind. Sir T. North.

Entrapping; insnaring. [R.] "Full of . . . contradiction and pitfalling dispenses." Milton.

One who lays snares, or entraps.

ocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.

The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.

To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. "Tangled in amorous nets." Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. Crashaw.

entice a hawk; also, a trap for an animal; a snare. Halliwell. With cunning trains him to entrap un wares. Spenser.

Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. "I trapped the foe." Dryden.

To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan. Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia. Anson.