The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Retiary \Re"ti*a*ry\, n. [See Retiarius.]
1. (Zool.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
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2. A retiarius.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Retiary \Re`ti*a*ry\, a. [Cf. LL. retiarius.]
1. Netlike.
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This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. --Sir
T. Browne.
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2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; --
said of certain spiders.
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3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.
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Scholastic retiary versatility of logic.
--Coleridge.
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