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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.] 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper. 3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish. The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The European spotted flycatcher. {Cobweb lawn}, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict. Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. --Beau. & Fl {Cobweb micrometer}, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cobweb n 1: filaments from a cobweb [syn: {gossamer}] 2: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: COBWEB COntent-Based image retrieval on the WEB (WWW, ESPRIT)
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