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laqueary
▪ I. † ˈlaqueary, n. Obs. rare—0. [app. ad. L. laqueāria (pl. of laquear), treated as sing.] = laquear.1656–81 Blount Glossogr., Laqueary, the roof of a chamber. 1658–96 in Phillips.▪ II. † ˈlaqueary, a. Obs. rare—1. [ad. L. laqueārius, f. laqueus noose.] = laquearian.1682 Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. i....
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laquearia
laquearia rare—1. (lækwiːˈɛərɪə) [L., pl. of laqueāre a panelled ceiling.] A ceiling, roof. Cf. laquear, laqueary.1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land ii. 18 Odours..ascended In fattening the prolonged candle-flames, Fling their smoke into the laquearia.
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retiary
▪ I. retiary, n. (ˈriːʃɪərɪ) [See prec. and -ary.] 1. = retiarius. rare—0.1661 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Retiary, he that casts a net, properly in fighting to take his enemy. 2. A net-making or geometrical spider.1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvii. 184, I shall consider those [spiders] I intend ...
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