cobweb : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cobweb	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cobweb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cobweb n a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider filaments from a web that was spun by a spider Synonym(s): cobweb, gossamer a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cobweb \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[94]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.