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[1913 Webster] Such has been the perplexing ingenuity of commentators that it is difficult to extricate the truth from the web of conjectures. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 5. (Carriages) A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood. [1913 Webster] 6. A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. [1913 Webster] And Christians slain roll up in webs of lead. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) The blade of a sword. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The sword, whereof the web was steel, Pommel rich stone, hilt gold. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] (b) The blade of a saw. [1913 Webster] (c) The thin, sharp part of a colter. [1913 Webster] (d) The bit of a key. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mach. & Engin.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] (b) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc. [1913 Webster] (c) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist. [1913 Webster] (d) The part of a blackmith's anvil between the face and the foot. [1913 Webster] 8. (Med.) Pterygium; -- called also webeye. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 10. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Pin and web (Med.), two diseases of the eye, caligo and pterygium; -- sometimes wrongly explained as one disease. See Pin, n., 8, and Web, n., 8. "He never yet had pinne or webbe, his sight for to decay." --Gascoigne. Web member (Engin.), one of the braces in a web system. Web press, a printing press which takes paper from a roll instead of being fed with sheets. Web system (Engin.), the system of braces connecting the flanges of a lattice girder, post, or the like. [1913 Webster] web \web\ (w[e^]b), n. The world-wide web; -- usually referred to as the web. [PJC] Web \Web\ (w[e^]b), 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. [1913 Webster]  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: web, entanglement] 3: the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft [syn: vane, web] 4: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth" [syn: network, web] 5: computer network consisting of 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, web] 6: a fabric (especially a fabric in the process of being woven) 7: membrane connecting the toes of some aquatic birds and mammals v 1: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: web, net]  WEB programming}, with algorithms 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) Web is part of it on some specific web site. (1996-05-10)  web [web] Bahn; Gewebe; Papierrolle; Steg  web háló penge pókháló rotációshenger szövedék szövet toll(kulcsé) vég(szövet) úszóhártya  web [wɛp] Spinngewebe  web [wɛp] spiderweb  web Bahn f; Papierrolle f web Gespinst n web Gewebe n web Schwimmhaut f [anat.] web Steg m  206 Moby Thesaurus words for "web": anatomy, animal fiber, arabesque, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, artificial fiber, basketry, basketwork, bed, braid, braiding, build, building, cancellation, capillament, cilium, cirrus, cloth, cobweb, complexity, complication, composition, conformation, constitution, construction, creation, cross-hatching, crossing-out, cylinder press, denier, drapery, embroilment, enlace, enlacement, enmeshment, ensnarement, entanglement, entrapment, entwine, entwinement, entwining, etoffe, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, felt, fiber, fibrilla, filament, filamentule, filigree, flagellum, flatbed cylinder press, forging, form, format, formation, frame, fret, fretwork, getup, goods, gossamer, grate, grating, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hair, hank, hatching, interknit, interknitting, interlace, interlacement, interlacery, interlacing, intertexture, interthreading, intertie, intertieing, intertissue, intertwine, intertwinement, intertwining, intertwist, intertwisting, interweave, interweavement, interweaving, intort, involvement, jungle, knit, knitting, knot, labyrinth, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, loom, loop, make, makeready, makeup, making, manufacture, mat, material, maze, mesh, meshes, meshwork, mold, molding, morass, napery, net, netting, network, noose, organic structure, organism, organization, pattern, patterning, physique, plait, plaiting, plan, platen, platen press, pleach, plexure, plexus, press, presswork, printing machine, printing press, production, raddle, rag, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, rotary press, rotogravure press, screen, screening, setup, shape, shaping, sieve, silk, skein, snarl, splice, strand, structure, structuring, stuff, suture, tangle, tectonics, tendril, textile, textile fabric, texture, thread, threadlet, tissu, tissue, toils, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, twill, twine, twining, twist, twisting, warp and woof, warpage, wattle, weave, weaving, web press, webbing, webwork, weft, weftage, wicker, wickerwork, woof, wool, wreathe, wreathing Web related |
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