retiary

English

Etymology

Compare Latin retiarius.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːʃɪəɹi/, /ˈɹiːʃəɹi/
(Us) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiʃiˌɛɹi/, /ˈɹiʃiəɹi/

Adjective

retiary (not comparable)

net-like
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
  And, beside this kind of work in retiary and hanging textures
Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; said of certain spiders.
Armed with a net; hence, skilful at entangling.
- c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor
  scholastic retiary versatility of logic

Noun

retiary (plural retiaries)

(zoology) Any spider that spins webs to catch its prey.
(historical) A retiarius: a gladiator who fought with a net.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for retiary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

单词	retiary
释义	retiary English Etymology Compare Latin retiarius. Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːʃɪəɹi/, /ˈɹiːʃəɹi/ (Us) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiʃiˌɛɹi/, /ˈɹiʃiəɹi/ Adjective retiary (not comparable) net-like 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus And, beside this kind of work in retiary and hanging textures Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; said of certain spiders. Armed with a net; hence, skilful at entangling. c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor scholastic retiary versatility of logic Noun retiary (plural retiaries) (zoology) Any spider that spins webs to catch its prey. (historical) A retiarius: a gladiator who fought with a net. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for retiary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
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