Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Retiary

Retiary , noun

[See Retiarius.]

1.
(Zoology) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
2.
A retiarius.

Retiary , adjective

[Compare Late Latin 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.
3.
Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.
Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. — Coleridge