retiary noun & adjective. ['ri:ʃɪǝri] M17.
[from RETIARIUS: see -ARY¹.]
A. noun. rare.
1. = RETIARIUS Only in M17.

2. A retiary spider (see below). M19.
b. adjective.
1. Of or relating to the making of webs, nets, or netlike structures. M17.
retiary spider a spider which constructs an orb-web.

2. Fighting with a net, using a net, esp. in the manner of a retiarius. M17.

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