Definition of Retiary

1. n. Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

2. a. Netlike.

Definition of Retiary

1. Adjective. net-like ¹

2. Adjective. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; said of certain spiders. ¹

3. Adjective. Armed with a net; hence, skilful at entangling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retiary

1. resembling a net [adj]

Medical Definition of Retiary

1. 1. Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey. 2. A retiarius. (10 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retiary

rethought
rethread
rethreaded
rethreading
rethreads
rethrew
rethrow
rethrowing
rethrown
rethrows
retia
retial
retiari
retiarii
retiarius
retiary (current term)
reticence
reticences
reticencies
reticency
reticent
reticently
retick
reticket
reticketed
reticketing
retickets
reticle
reticle eyepiece
reticles

Literary usage of Retiary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"That the net works and nets of antiquity were little different in the form from ours at present, is confirmable from the nets in the hands of the retiary ..."

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