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Cobweb

Cobweb Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cobweb? [n] a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web [n] filaments from a cobweb Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cobweb: gossamer Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cobweb: air \| animal fiber \| artificial fiber \| bait \| birdlime \| bola \| bubble \| cambric tea \| capillament \| chaff \| chip \| cilium \| cirrus \| cork \| denier \| dishwater \| down \| dragnet \| dust \| entanglement \| ether \| fairy \| feather \| fiber \| fibrilla \| filament \| filamentule \| fishhook \| flagellum \| flue \| fluff \| fly \| foam \| froth \| fuzz \| gill net \| gossamer \| ground bait \| gruel \| hair \| hank \| hook \| house of cards \| jig \| lariat \| lasso \| lime \| lure \| matchwood \| meshes \| milk and water \| mote \| net \| noose \| plug \| pound net \| purse seine \| reed \| rope of sand \| sand castle \| seine \| skein \| snare \| sniggle \| spinner \| sponge \| springe \| spume \| squid \| strand \| straw \| suture \| tendril \| thistledown \| thread \| threadlet \| toils \| trawl \| water \| web \| wobbler See Also \| fibril \| filament \| spider web \| spider's web \| strand Cobweb In Webster's Dictionary \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.] 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper. 3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish. The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The European spotted flycatcher. {Cobweb lawn}, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict. Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. --Beau. & Fl. {Cobweb micrometer}, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires.

Cobweb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cobweb?

[n] a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
[n] filaments from a cobweb

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cobweb: gossamer

Cobweb In Webster's Dictionary

\Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.]
1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.

2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant
   and unwary.

         I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in
         the cobwebs of the schools.           --Cowper.

3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and
   worthless; rubbish.

         The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The European spotted flycatcher.

{Cobweb lawn}, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in
   pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict.

         Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn.    --Beau. & Fl.

{Cobweb micrometer}, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb
   are substituted for wires.

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