\Re"ti*a*ry\, n. [See {Retiarius}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

2. A retiarius.

\Re`ti*a*ry\, a. [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.

3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.

         Scholastic retiary versatility of logic.
                                               --Coleridge.