9. (Anat.) The membrane which unites the fingers or toes, either at
their bases, as in man, or for a greater part of their length, as in
many water birds and amphibians.
10. (Zoöl.) 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. See
Feather.
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Pin and web (Med.), two diseases of the eye, caligo and pterygium; —
sometimes wrongly explained as one disease. See Pin, n., 8, and Web,
n., 8. "He never yet had pinne or webbe, his sight for to decay."
Gascoigne. — Web member (Engin.), one of the braces in a web system. —
Web press, a printing press which takes paper from a roll instead of
being fed with sheets. — Web system (Engin.), the system of braces
connecting the flanges of a lattice girder, post, or the like.
Web (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Webbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Webbing.] To
unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to
entangle.
Webbed (?), a. 1. Provided with a web.
2. (Zoöl.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbed
feet of aquatic fowls.