Re·ti·a·ry n.
1. Zool. Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
2. A retiarius.
Re·ti·a·ry, a.
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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