spiderweb

[spahy-der-web]

spi·der·web

[spahy-der-web]
verb (used with object), spi·der·webbed, spi·der·web·bing.
to cover with a spider web or fine lines resembling a spider web.

Origin:
1890–95; v. use of spider web
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Spiderweb definition

tool
A program for creating versions of Knuth's WEB self-documenting programs ("literate programming").
(ftp://princeton.edu/).
(1999-08-26)

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