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Definition of Retiary
Retiary Retiary Re"ti*a*ry, n. [See Retiarius.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
2. A retiarius.
Retiary 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.