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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cobweb \Cob"web'\, noun [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. (Zool.) 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.
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