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retiary

retiary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A retiarius.
  2. 2.Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.
  3. 3.Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.
  4. 4.Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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