The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb. • Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which, when diagrammed, resembles a spider's web. • The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing. • A latticed or woven structure. • A tall tale with more complexity than a myth or legend. • A plot or scheme. • The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member. • The thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail. • A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds, or of other animals. • The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. • A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing. • A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper. • A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches. • A band of webbing used to regulate the extension of the hood of a carriage. • A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead. • The blade of a sword. • The blade of a saw. • The thin, sharp part of a colter. • The bit of a key. • A major broadcasting network. • A section of a groin vault, separated by ribs. • A cataract of the eye. • Woven cloth or material. • A piece of cloth or fabric, as off the loom.