cobweb

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COBWEB, noun 1. The line, thread or filament which a spider spins from its abdomen; the net-work spread by a spider to catch its prey. Hence, 2. Any snare, implying insidiousness and weakness. In this sense it is used adjectively or in composition, for thin, flimsy; as a cobweb law. Or slender, feeble; as the cobweb thread of life.
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