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Web

A weaver.

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Broader term 12

Blade 76% connected

Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

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Cloth 76% connected

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…

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Fabric 76% connected

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Membrane 76% connected

A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing…

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Scheme 76% connected

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Textile 76% connected

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

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Tissue 76% connected

A woven fabric.

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Trap 76% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

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Weave 76% connected

To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

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Reticulum 76% connected

The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach.

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Spider web 76% connected

Alt. of Spider's web

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Spider's web 76% connected

The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under…

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Tent 76% connected

A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.

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Webbing 76% connected

of Web

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Entangle 74% connected

To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

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Entangle 74% connected

To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

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Net 74% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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Net 74% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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Barb 70% connected

Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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Containing whole 3

Plumage 70% connected

The entire clothing of a bird.

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Plume 70% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Webfoot 70% connected

A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane.

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Entanglement 92% connected

State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.

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Net 92% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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Network 92% connected

A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes…

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Vane 92% connected

A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of…

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