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See also:WEB (a word See also:common to See also:Teutonic See also:languages, cf. Du. See also:webbe, See also:Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)
, that which is See also:woven (see See also:WEAVING)
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The word is thus applied to anything resembling a See also:web of See also:cloth, to the See also:vexillum of the See also:feather of a See also:bird, to the membrane which connects the toes of many aquatic birds and some aquatic mammals; it is particularly used of the " cobweb," the See also:net spun by the spider, the Old See also:English name for which was dtor-coppe, i.e. See also:poison-See also:head (See also:aloe, poison, and coppe, tuft or head)
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In See also:architecture the See also:term " web " is sometimes given, in preference to " See also:panel," to the See also: |
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