Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

   2. A retiarius.

Retiary \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.