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• Cobweb — Cob web , n. [Cob a spider + web.] 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. [1913 Webster] 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. [1913 Webster] I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cobweb lawn — Cobweb Cob web , n. [Cob a spider + web.] 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. [1913 Webster] 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. [1913 Webster] I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cobweb micrometer — Cobweb Cob web , n. [Cob a spider + web.] 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. [1913 Webster] 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. [1913 Webster] I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cobweb figure —    A term used to denote a type of geometric visual hallucination or illusion associated primarily with the use of hallucinogens such as LSD and mescaline. The term cobweb figure was introduced in of shortly before 1928 by the German American… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• cobweb — noun Etymology: Middle English coppeweb, from coppe spider (from Old English ātorcoppe) + web; akin to Middle Dutch coppe spider Date: 14th century 1. a. the network spread by a spider ; spiderweb b. tangles of the silk …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cobweb — n. 1 a a fine network of threads spun by a spider from a liquid secreted by it, used to trap insects etc. b the thread of this. 2 anything compared with a cobweb, esp. in flimsiness of texture. 3 a trap or insidious entanglement. 4 (in pl.) a… …   Useful english dictionary

• cobweb — noun a) A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads. b) One of its filaments; gossamer …   Wiktionary

• cobweb — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A spider s web] Syn. filament, gossamer, extrusive threads; see fiber 1 , web 1 . 2. [A network] Syn. snare, labyrinth, entanglement; see net , web 2 …   English dictionary for students

• cobweb — cob|web [ˈkɔbweb US ˈka:b ] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: cop spider (14 15 centuries) (from Old English atorcoppe spider ) + web] 1.) a net of sticky threads made by a ↑spider to catch insects, that is inside a building and has not been removed… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cobweb — cob·web || kÉ’bweb n. network of threads spun by a spider …   English contemporary dictionary

• cobweb — noun (C) 1 a net of sticky threads made by a spider to catch insects; spiderweb AmE 2 blow/brush/clear the cobwebs away to do something, especially go outside, in order to help yourself to think more clearly and have more energy cobwebbed… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English