1. That which is woven; a texture;
textile fabric; especially, something woven in a loom. "Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake, Devised a
web her wooers to deceive." (Spenser) "Not
web might be woven, not a
shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile." (Bancroft)
2. A
intact piece of linen
dress as woven.
3. The
texture of very beautiful
thread spun by a
spider for catching
insects at its prey; a cobweb. "The smallest spider's web."
4. Tissue; texture;
complicated fabrication. "The somber
spirit of our forefathers,
who wove their
web of
life with barely a . . . Thread of rose-colour or gold." (Hawthorne) "Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is
difficult to extricate the truth from the
web of conjectures." (W. Irving)
5. A
band of
webbing used to regulate the
extension of the hood.
6. A
thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. "And Christians slain
roll up in webs of lead." (Fairfax) Specifically: The
blade of a sword. "The sword, whereof the
web was steel, Pommel wealthy stone, hilt gold." (Fairfax)
The
blade of a saw. The thin,
sharp part of a colter. The
bit of a key.
7.
A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or another parts of an object. Specifically:
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.
A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of machine wheels, sheaves, etc. The hand of a crank between the shaft and the wrist. The part of a blackmith's anvil between the person and the foot.
8. Pterygium; called also webeye.
9. 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 much water birds and amphibians.
10. The series of barbs implanted on every side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in usual feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather.
Pin and web, the system of braces connecting the flanges of a lattice girder, post, or the like.
Origin: OE. Web, AS. Webb; akin to D. Web, webbe, OHG. Weppi, G. Gewebe, Icel. Vefr, Sw. Vaf, Dan. Vaev. See Weave.
Source: Websters Vocabulary