Defn: Rhetoric. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RETIARIUS
Re`ti*a"ri*us, n. Etym: [L., fr. rete a net.] (Rom.Antiq.)
Defn: A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.
RETIARY
Re"ti*a*ry, n. Etym: [See Retiarius.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
2. A retiarius.
RETIARY
Re`ti*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. retiarius.]
1. Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.
2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; — said of certain spiders.