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The thousandth part of one weber.

The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.

A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long- continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

Frenzy; madness. [Obs.] Webster (1661).

A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.

To offer an apology. [Obs.] For which he can not well apology. J. Webster.

The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.

Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.

Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid. Derham.

men, collectively. Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster (1607).

An arpent. [Obs.] Webster (1623).

Ingeniously; skillfully. [Obs.] The spider's web, finely and artificially wrought. Tillotson.

To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] Beau. & Fl. Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. Wordsworth.

The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] Nares.

time; mortal existence. [Obs.] Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his being. Webster (1654).

Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] Webster (1623).

Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.

. . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. Webster (1612).

f lace, etc. Brussels carpet, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form the pattern. -- Brussels ground, a name given to the handmade ground of real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of…