Hypertext Webster Gateway: "net"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Net
in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The
fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used
by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets.
(1.) The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size,
and requiring many men to work it. It was usually let down from
the fishing-boat, and then drawn to the shore or into the boat,
as circumstances might require (Matt. 13:47, 48). (2.) The
hand-net or casting-net (Gr. amphiblestron), which was thrown
from a rock or a boat at any fish that might be seen (Matt.
4:18; Mark 1:16). It was called by the Latins funda. It was of
circular form, "like the top of a tent." (3.) The bag-net (Gr.
diktyon), used for enclosing fish in deep water (Luke 5:4-9).
The fowling-nets were (1) the trap, consisting of a net spread
over a frame, and supported by a stick in such a way that it
fell with the slightest touch (Amos 3:5, "gin;" Ps. 69:22; Job
18:9; Eccl. 9:12). (2) The snare, consisting of a cord to catch
birds by the leg (Job 18:10; Ps. 18:5; 116:3; 140:5). (3.) The
decoy, a cage filled with birds as decoys (Jer. 5:26, 27).
Hunting-nets were much in use among the Hebrews.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Net \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Netting}.]
1. To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to
net silk.
2. To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
And now I am here, netted and in the toils. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Net \Net\, v. i.
To form network or netting; to knit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Net \Net\, a. [F. See {Neat} clean.]
1. Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.]
Her breast all naked as net ivory. --Spenser.
2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated;
neat; as, net wine, etc. [R.]
3. Not including superfluous, incidental, or foreign matter,
as boxes, coverings, wraps, etc.; free from charges,
deductions, etc; as, net profit; net income; net weight,
etc. [Less properly written {nett}.]
{Net tonnage} (Naut.), the tonnage of a vessel after a
deduction from the gross tonnage has been made, to allow
space for crew, machinery, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Net \Net\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Netted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Netting}.]
To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand
dollars by the operation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. {Neater}; superl. {Neatest}.] [OE.
nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf.
{Nitid}, {Net}, a., {Natty}.]
1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean;
cleanly; tidy.
If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor
body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.
--Law.
2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry;
simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful;
chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as,
neat brandy. ``Our old wine neat.'' --Chapman.
4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice;
finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Note: [In this sense usually written {net}. See {Net}, a.,
3.]
{neat line} (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be
built or formed.
{Neat work}, work built or formed to neat lines.
Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
net
adj 1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: {nett}]
[ant: {gross}]
2: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer";
"a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: {final}, {last}]
n 1: an interconnected or intersecting configuration or system of
components; "there was a hole in the network where some
of the strands were broken"; "he used a copper frame
with copper meshing" [syn: {network}, {mesh}, {meshing},
{meshwork}, {reticulation}]
2: a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
3: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
[syn: {net income}, {net profit}, {lucre}, {profit}, {profits},
{earnings}]
4: a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
5: game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the
playing area in tennis or badminton
6: an open fabric woven together at regular intervals [syn: {mesh}]
v 1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn:
{sack}, {sack up}, {clear}]
2: yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
[syn: {clear}]
3: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: {web}]
4: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: {nett}]
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