retiary (reshiari)

and n. [F. rétiaire, I. a. 1. Net-like. Retiary and hanging textures. Sir T. Browne , Garden of Cyrus, ii. 2. Spinning a web, as a spider; of or pertaining to the Retiariæ. We will not dispute the pictures of retiary spiders, and their position in the web. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., v. 19. 3. Armed with a net; hence, skilful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Cole ridge. II. n.; pl. retiaries (-riz). 1. Same as ret i arius. 2. A retiary spider; a member of the Retiariæ .