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

web \web\, n. oe. web, as. webb; akin to d. web, webbe, ohg.
   weppi, g. gewebe, icel. vefr, sw. vaumf, dan. vaev. see
   weave.
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   1. that which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp.,
      something woven in a loom.
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            penelope, for her ulysses' sake,
            devised a web her wooers to deceive.  --spenser.
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            not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or
            penalty of exile.                     --bancroft.
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   2. a whole piece of linen cloth as woven.
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   3. the texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for
      catching insects at its prey; a cobweb. "the smallest
      spider's web." --shak.
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   4. fig.: tissue; texture; complicated fabrication.
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            the somber spirit of our forefathers, who wove their
            web of life with hardly a . . . thread of rose-color
            or gold.                              --hawthorne.
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            such has been the perplexing ingenuity of
            commentators that it is difficult to extricate the
            truth from the web of conjectures.    --w. irving.
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   5. carriages a band of webbing used to regulate the
      extension of the hood.
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   6. a thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
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            and christians slain roll up in webs of lead.
                                                  --fairfax.
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      a the blade of a sword. obs.
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                the sword, whereof the web was steel,
                pommel rich stone, hilt gold.     --fairfax.
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      b the blade of a saw.
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      c the thin, sharp part of a colter.
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      d the bit of a key.
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   7. mach.  engin. a plate or thin portion, continuous or
      perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or
      other parts of an object. specifically: 
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      a the thin vertical plate or portion connecting the
          upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron
          girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail.
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      b a disk or solid construction serving, instead of
          spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds
          of car wheels, sheaves, etc.
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      c the arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.
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      d the part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and
          the foot.
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   8. med. pterygium; -- called also webeye. --shak.
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   9. anat. the membrane which unites the fingers or toes,
      either at their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of
      their length, as in many water birds and amphibians.
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   10. zool. the series of barbs implanted on each side of the
       shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by
       barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate,
       as in downy feathers. see feather.
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   pin and web med., two diseases of the eye, caligo and
      pterygium; -- sometimes wrongly explained as one disease.
      see pin, n., 8, and web, n., 8. "he never yet had
      pinne or webbe, his sight for to decay." --gascoigne.

   web member engin., one of the braces in a web system.

   web press, a printing press which takes paper from a roll
      instead of being fed with sheets.

   web system engin., the system of braces connecting the
      flanges of a lattice girder, post, or the like.
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see also:
weave webeye feather pin and web pin web 
web member web press web system 

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