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English → English (gcide) Definition: Retiary Retiary \Re"ti*a*ry\, n. [See Retiarius.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey. [1913 Webster] 2. A retiarius. [1913 Webster] Retiary \Re`ti*a*ry\, a. [Cf. LL. retiarius.] 1. Netlike. [1913 Webster] This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders. [1913 Webster] 3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. [1913 Webster] Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]