See Also: to-flight(dictionary)
in-flight(dictionary)
top-flight(dictionary)
flight(1)(dictionary)
flight(2)(dictionary)
flight(3)(dictionary)
Flight(medicine)
flight(4)(dictionary)
flight(dictionary)
flight deck(dictionary)

web(2) (iou) and to-flight (iou)


web(2) (iou)



web verb. Infl. -bb-. OE.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Weave (a fabric) on a loom. Now rare or obsolete. OE.
J. Barlow She seeks the wool to web the fleece.
verb intrans. Weave or spin a web. E17.
verb trans. Connect (fingers, toes, etc.) with a web or membrane. L18.
verb trans. Cover with a web, esp. a cobweb; weave a web on or over (lit. & fig.). M19.
J. Carew Premature age and drink webbed her face with wrinkles. J. Frame Spiders weave their webs (.. your letterbox is webbed shut).
verb trans. Entangle or enfold (as) in a cobweb. rare. M19.

to-flight (iou)



to-flight noun. Long obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
[from TO-2 + FLIGHT noun2, corresp. to Old High German, Middle High German zuofluht (German Zuflucht, Dutch toevlucht) refuge, shelter, resource.]
A shelter, a refuge.