What does "retiary" mean?
Retiary: A retiarius.
Additional senses
- 2.Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.
- 3.Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.
- 4.Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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