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Definition of Telary
1. a. Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary.
Definition of Telary
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a web; spinning webs; retiary. ¹
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Definition of Telary
1. web-spinning [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telary
Literary usage of Telary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Having the character of a tela, web, or tissue; telary : as, the telar membranes
of the brain. ... A spinning spider. telary (tcl'a-ri). n. [< ML. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1827)
"from the altar the precious image of Theodore the tu- cHA P. telary saint.
The silk weavers of both sexes, whom George transported to Sicily, composed the ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... (tint) nt Colour ; touch of the r -telary, (te'-la-re) a. Spinning webs.
c TELEGRAPH, (tej'-e-graf) ns An instrument that answers the end of writing by ..."
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