[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cobweb \cob"web`\, n. cob a spider + web.
   1. the network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
cobweb lawn cobweb micrometer 

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