Re"ti*a*ry (?), n. [See Retiarius.]
1. Zool.
Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
2.
A retiarius.
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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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