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Web
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom.
(2):
(n.) A weaver.
(3):
(n.) A whole piece of linen cloth as woven.
(4):
(n.) The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.
(5):
(n.) Fig.: Tissue; texture; complicated fabrication.
(6):
(n.) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood.
(7):
(n.) A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead.
(8):
(n.) The blade of a sword.
(9):
(n.) The blade of a saw.
(10):
(n.) The thin, sharp part of a colter.
(11):
(n.) The bit of a key.
(12):
(n.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object.
(13):
(n.) 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.
(14):
(n.) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.
(15):
(n.) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.
(16):
(n.) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot.
(17):
(n.) Pterygium; - called also webeye.
(18):
(n.) 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.
(19):
(n.) 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.
(20):
(v. t.) To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Web'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/web.html. 1828.