Orb Weaver - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: orb weaverorb weaver
Any spider of the family Araneidae called also Argiopidae that spins a web with a pattern of lines spiraling outward from the center They have eight similar eyes The golden orb weaver Mephila clavipes is known for the remarkable dragline silk it produces for use as a frame for its web and as a line on which it can plummet down and nab prey This silk has a high tensile strength and is stronger than the toughest current synthetic polymer Kevlar...
Irish handloom weavers
Irish handloom weavers. See TRADE MARKS...
Full orbed
Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated like the full moon...
Orbed
Having the form of an orb round...
Baya
The East Indian weaver bird Ploceus Philippinus...
Buckety
Paste used by weavers to dress their webs...
Heddling
The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle eyes of a weavers harness the harness itself...
Kendal green
A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad waxen formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal in Westmoreland England...
Pirn
A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound a bobbin also the wound yarn on a weavers shuttle also the reel of a fishing rod...
Quichuan
Designating or pertaining to a linguistic stock of South American Indians including the majority of the civilized tribes of the ancient Peruvian Empire with some wild tribes never subjugated by the Incas Most of these Indians are short but heavy and strong They are brachycephalic and of remarkably low cranial capacity Nevertheless they represent one of the highest of native American civilizations characterized by agricultural military and administrative skill rather than by science or literature although they were adept potters weavers and goldsmiths and preserved by the aid of the mnemonic quipu a body of legendary lore in part written down since the introduction of writing...
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