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cobweb
(encz) | cobweb,pavučina n: Zdeněk Brož |
cobweb
(gcide) | Spider web \Spi"der web"\, or Spider's web \Spi"der's web"\ .
(Zool.)
The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders,
particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also
called cobweb. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider,
under Geometric, and Triangle.
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Cobweb
(gcide) | Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.]
1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
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2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant
and unwary.
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I can not but lament thy splendid wit
Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper.
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3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and
worthless; rubbish.
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The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Zool.) The European spotted flycatcher.
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Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in
pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict.
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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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cobweb
(wn) | cobweb
n 1: a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web
of a spider
2: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [syn:
cobweb, gossamer]
3: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the
orb web |
cobweb
(vera) | COBWEB
COntent-Based image retrieval on the WEB (WWW, ESPRIT)
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cobwebbed
(encz) | cobwebbed, |
cobwebby
(encz) | cobwebby,pavučinovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožcobwebby,pavučinový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cobweb
(gcide) | Spider web \Spi"der web"\, or Spider's web \Spi"der's web"\ .
(Zool.)
The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders,
particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also
called cobweb. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider,
under Geometric, and Triangle.
[1913 Webster]Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.]
1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
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2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant
and unwary.
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I can not but lament thy splendid wit
Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper.
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3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and
worthless; rubbish.
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The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Zool.) The European spotted flycatcher.
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Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in
pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict.
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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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Cobweb lawn
(gcide) | Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.]
1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
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2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant
and unwary.
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I can not but lament thy splendid wit
Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper.
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3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and
worthless; rubbish.
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The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Zool.) The European spotted flycatcher.
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Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in
pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict.
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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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Cobweb micrometer
(gcide) | Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.]
1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
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2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant
and unwary.
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I can not but lament thy splendid wit
Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper.
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3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and
worthless; rubbish.
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The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Zool.) The European spotted flycatcher.
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Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in
pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict.
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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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Cobwebbed
(gcide) | Cobwebbed \Cob"webbed`\, a.
Abounding in cobwebs. "The cobwebbed cottage." --Young.
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Cobwebby
(gcide) | Cobwebby \Cob"web`by\, a.
Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.
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cobwebby
(wn) | cobwebby
adj 1: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous
veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of
dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk
stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn:
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer,
see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous,
vapourous, cobwebby]
2: covered with cobwebs |
cobwebsite
(foldoc) | cobwebsite
A website that hasn't been updated for
a long time. A dead web page.
(1997-04-29)
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cobweb site
(jargon) | cobweb site
n.
A World Wide Web Site that hasn't been updated so long it has figuratively
grown cobwebs.
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