Web"-foot`ed, a. Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is
a web-footed fowl.
Web"ster (?), n. [AS. webbestre. See Web, Weave, and -ster.] A weaver;
originally, a female weaver. [Obs.] Brathwait.
Web"ster*ite (?), n. [So named after Webster, the geologist.] (Min.) A
hydrous sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniform masses.
Web"-toed` (?), a. Having the toes united by a web for a considerable
part of their length.
Web"worm` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of various species of moths whose
gregarious larvæ eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to
which they retreat when not feeding.
The most destructive webworms belong to the family Bombycidæ, as the
fall webworm (Hyphantria textor), which feeds on various fruit and
forest trees, and the common tent caterpillar, which feeds on various
fruit trees (see Tent caterpillar, under Tent.) The grapevine webworm
is the larva of a geometrid moth (see Vine inchworm, under Vine).
Wed (wd), n. [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, G.
wette a wager, Icel. veð a pledge, Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth.
wadi a pledge, Lith. vadti to redeem (a pledge), LL. vadium, L. vas,
vadis, bail, security, vadimonium security, and Gr. &?;, &?; a prize.
Cf. Athlete, Gage a pledge, Wage.] A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.] Gower.
Piers Plowman.
Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security].
Chaucer.
Wed, v. t. [imp. Wedded; p. p. Wedded or Wed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedding.]
[OE. wedden, AS. weddian to covenant, promise, to wed, marry; akin to
OFries. weddia to promise, D. wedden to wager, to bet, G. wetten, Icel.
veðja, Dan. vedde, Sw. vädja to appeal, Goth. gawadjn to betroth. See
Wed, n.]
1. To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to
espouse.
With this ring I thee wed.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.