netn.[AS. net; akin to D. net, OS. net, netti, OHG. nezzi, G. netz, Icel. & Dan. net, Sw. nt, Goth. nati; of uncertain origin.]1. A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.()2. Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.()A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. (Prov. xxix. 5.)In the church's net there are fishes good or bad. (Jer. Taylor.)3. Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.()4. (Geom.) A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law.()5. A network.()6. The internet; -- usually the net; as, I found it on the net.()v. t.1. To make into a net; to make in 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.()v. i. To form network or netting; to knit.()a.[F. See Neat clean.]1. Without spot; pure; shining.()Her breast all naked as net ivory. (Spenser.)2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat; as, net wine, etc.()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.()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.()v. t. To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation.()