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English → English (gcide) Definition: Cobweb micrometer Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.] 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. [1913 Webster] 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. [1913 Webster] I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish. [1913 Webster] The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zo["o]l.) The European spotted flycatcher. [1913 Webster] Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict. [1913 Webster] Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. --Beau. & Fl. Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires. [1913 Webster]