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Definition of Web
Pronunciation: wĕb | n. | 1. | A weaver. | | 1. | | | 1. | That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. | | 2. | A whole piece of linen cloth as woven. | | 3. | The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb. | | 4. | Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication. | | 5. | (Carriages) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood. | | 6. | A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. | | 7. | The blade of a sword. | | 7. | (Mach. & Engin.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object. | | 8. | The blade of a saw. | | 8. | 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. | | 8. | (Med.) Pterygium; - called also webeye. | | 9. | The thin, sharp part of a colter. | | 9. | A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc. | | 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. | | 10. | The bit of a key. | | 10. | The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist. | | 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. | | 11. | The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot. | | 1. | The world-wide web; - usually referred to as the web. | | v. t. | 1. | To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle. |
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