An instrument for catching fish and fowls, or wild beasts, formed with twine or thread interwoven with meshes.

A cunning device; a snare. Micah 7:2.

Inextricable difficulty. Job 18:8.

Severe afflictions. Job 19:6.

To make a net or net-work; to knot.

Neat; pure; unadulterated.

Being without flaw or spot.

Being beyond all charges or outlay; as net profits.

Being clear of all tare and tret, or all deductions; as net weight. It is sometimes written nett, but improperly. Net is properly a mercantile appropriation of neat.

To produce clear profit.