6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Web  \Web\,  n.  [OE.  webbe,  AS  webba.  See  {Weave}.] 
  A  weaver.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Web  \Web\,  n.  [OE.  web,  AS  webb;  akin  to  D.  web,  webbe,  OHG. 
  weppi  G.  gewebe  Icel.  vefr,  Sw  v["a]f,  Dan.  v[ae]v.  See 
  {Weave}.] 
  1.  That  which  is  woven;  a  texture;  textile  fabric;  esp., 
  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  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.  ``The  smallest 
  spider's  web.''  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Fig.:  Tissue;  texture;  complicated  fabrication. 
 
  The  somber  spirit  of  our  forefathers,  who  wove  their 
  web  of  life  with  hardly  a  .  .  .  thread  of  rose-color 
  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.  (Carriages)  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: 
  a  The  blade  of  a  sword.  [Obs.] 
 
  The  sword,  whereof  the  web  was  steel,  Pommel 
  rich  stone,  hilt  gold.  --Fairfax. 
  b  The  blade  of  a  saw. 
  c  The  thin,  sharp  part  of  a  colter. 
  d  The  bit  of  a  key. 
 
  7.  (Mach.  &  Engin.)  A  plate  or  thin  portion,  continuous  or 
  perforated,  connecting  stiffening  ribs  or  flanges,  or 
  other  parts  of  an  object.  Specifically: 
  a  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. 
  b  A  disk  or  solid  construction  serving,  instead  of 
  spokes,  for  connecting  the  rim  and  hub,  in  some  kinds 
  of  car  wheels,  sheaves,  etc 
  c  The  arm  of  a  crank  between  the  shaft  and  the  wrist. 
  d  The  part  of  a  blackmith's  anvil  between  the  face  and 
  the  foot. 
 
  8.  (Med.)  Pterygium;  --  called  also  {webeye}.  --Shak. 
 
  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.  (Zo["o]l.)  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Web  \Web\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Webbed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Webbing}.] 
  To  unite  or  surround  with  a  web,  or  as  if  with  a  web;  to 
  envelop;  to  entangle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  web 
  n  1:  an  intricate  network  suggesting  something  that  was  formed  by 
  weaving  or  interweaving;  "the  trees  cast  a  delicate  web 
  of  shadows  over  the  lawn" 
  2:  an  intricate  trap  that  entangles  or  ensnares  its  victim 
  [syn:  {entanglement}] 
  3:  the  flattened  weblike  part  of  a  feather  consisting  of  a 
  series  of  barbs  on  either  side  of  the  shaft  [syn:  {vane}] 
  4:  an  intricately  connected  system  of  things  or  people;  "a 
  network  of  spies"  or  "a  web  of  intrigue"  [syn:  {network}] 
  5:  a  collection  of  internet  sites  that  offer  text  and  graphics 
  and  sound  and  animation  resources  through  the  hypertext 
  transfer  protocol  [syn:  {world  wide  web},  {WWW}] 
  6:  a  fabric  (especially  a  fabric  in  the  process  of  being  woven) 
  7:  membrane  connecting  the  toes  of  some  aquatic  birds  and 
  mammals 
  v  :  construct  or  form  a  web,  as  if  by  weaving  [syn:  {net}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Web 
 
    "The  Web"  is  the  {World-Wide  Web}.  "A  web" 
  is  part  of  it  on  some  specific  {web  site}. 
 
  (1996-05-10) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  WEB 
 
    {Donald  Knuth}'s  self-documenting  {literate 
  programming},  with  {algorithm}s  and  {documentation}  intermixed 
  in  one  file.  They  can  be  separated  using  {Weave}  and 
  {Tangle}.  Versions  exist  for  {Pascal}  and  {C}.  {Spiderweb} 
  can  be  used  to  create  versions  for  other  languages. 
  {FunnelWeb}  is  a  production-quality  literate-programming  tool. 
 
  {(ftp://princeton.edu/)},  {(ftp://labrea.stanford.edu/)}. 
 
  ["Literate  Programming",  D.E.  Knuth,  Computer  J  27(2):97-111, 
  May  1984]. 
 
  (1996-05-10) 
 
 

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