reticulated

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The root of this plant is reticulated, and when a large body of them are uncovered, they present a singular appearance, interlacing each other in large meshes like an extensive net-work.

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  • But to these frivolous censures no other answer is necessary than that with which we are furnished by his own Preface Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.' —  Life of Johnson
  • Anything reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.' —  Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1
  • The French writer Plumier footnote... PLUMIER, L'Art de Tourner, Paris, 1754, p. 155 also mentions an ingenious modification of the lathe by means of which any kind of reticulated form could be given to the work; and, from it's being employed to ornament the handles of knives, it was called by him the "Machine a manche de Couteau d'Angleterre." —  Industrial Biography
  • Quibblers possibly may arise and present Johnson's definition of network—“anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances with interstices between the intersections”—but with the quibbler we have no time to dally. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5
  • Net: Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections. —  HS Blog - Homeschool Blog
 

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