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A weaver. |
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That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. |
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A whole piece of linen cloth as woven. |
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The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb. |
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Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication. |
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A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood. |
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A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. |
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The blade of a sword. |
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The blade of a saw. |
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The thin, sharp part of a colter. |
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The bit of a key. |
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A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object. |
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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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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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The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist. |
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The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot. |
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n. |
Pterygium;
called also webeye. |
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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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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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v. t. |
To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle. |
