RET'ICLE, noun [Latin reticulum, from rete, a net.] 1. A small net. 2. A contrivance to measure the quantity of an eclipse; a kind of micrometer.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
RET'ICLE, noun [Latin reticulum, from rete, a net.] 1. A small net. 2. A contrivance to measure the quantity of an eclipse; a kind of micrometer.
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