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; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter. The rubadub of the abolition presses. D. Webster.

n; ruined. My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a mansion here all ruinate. J. Webster.

to cut short or down. [Obs.] All their pay Must your discretion scantle; keep it back. J. Webster.

peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web.

by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed. Sea-otter's cabbage (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean (Nereocystis Lutkeana). See Nereocystis.

öl.), one of a tribe of spiders which rest motionless until their prey is caught in their web.

assign the good or evil to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be. D. Webster.

Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.

A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather.

and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country. D. Webster.

s syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.

things were transacted in silence. The administration itself keeps a profound silence. D. Webster.

ned by the acceptor. [Eng.] -- Skeleton key, a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. -- Skeleton leaf, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means,…

mbling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious. Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread. Dryden.

o form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.

A stitch in lace making used to fill in open spaces with threads resembling a cobweb.

Infested by spiders; cobwebbed. Wolcott.

To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.

nder side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets.

A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others.