COBWEB
ADJECTIVES
► WOBBY covered with cobwebs → 1963 Sc.
NOUNS
► ARAIN a cobweb; a spider → 1691 Eng. dial.
► ARAIN-WEB ► ARAN-WEB ► ARRAN-WEB a cobweb → 1881 Eng. dial.
► ATTERCOP a spider’s web → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ATTERCOP-WEB a spider’s web → 1785 Eng. dial.
► BIMBOMS cobwebs; anything hanging → 1679 Eng. dial.
► COB a cobweb → 1973 Amer. dial.
► COBWOBS cobwebs → 1931 Sc.
► FAIRIES’ WASHING small, dew-covered spider webs in fields → 1966 Amer. dial.
► IRISH CURTAINS cobwebs → 1935 Aust. sl.
► IRISH DRAPERIES cobwebs → L19 sl.
► IRISH LACE cobwebs → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LOP-WEB a spider’s web; a cobweb → 1400 obs.
► NET a spider’s web → c1000
► SPIDER’S-NEST a cobweb → 1903 Amer. dial.
► TWAIL ► TWAYLE a cobweb, a spider’s web → 1608 obs.
VERBS
► THRUM to spin a web, as spiders do → 1890 Eng. dial.
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