Spider

['spaɪdə] or ['spaɪdɚ]

Definition

(noun.) predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey.

(noun.) a skillet made of cast iron.

(noun.) a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine.

Typed by Josephine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.

(n.) Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).

(n.) An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.

(n.) A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.

(n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.

Edited by Linda

Definition

n. an arachnid of the order Araneida the body divided into two distinct parts—an unsegmented cephalo-thorax bearing six pairs of appendages and a soft unsegmented abdomen at the end of which are the spinnerets from each of which numerous 'spinning-spools' ooze forth the viscid fluid which hardens into the silken thread: a frying-pan with feet a trivet.—ns. Spī′der-catch′er the wall-creeper; Spī′der-crab a spider-like crab or sea-spider with long thin legs; Spī′der-dīv′er the little grebe or dabchick; Spī′derdom spiders collectively.—adj. Spī′dered cobwebbed.—n. Spī′der-fly a pupiparous fly as a bird-louse &c.—adj. Spī′der-like like a spider.—ns. Spī′derling a young spider; Spī′der-mon′key an American platyrrine monkey with long slender legs and tail; Spī′der-stitch a stitch in lace or netting in which threads are carried diagonally and parallel to each other; Spī′der-wasp a pompilid wasp which fills its nest with spiders for its young; Spī′der-web the snare spun by the spider; Spī′der-wheel in embroidery a circular pattern with radiating lines; Spī′der-work lace worked by spider-stitch; Spī′der-wort any plant of the genus Tradescantia esp. T. virginica an American perennial with deep-blue or reddish-violet flowers.—adj. Spī′dery spider-like.

Edited by Henry

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of a spider, denotes that you will be careful and energetic in your labors, and fortune will be amassed to pleasing proportions. To see one building its web, foretells that you will be happy and secure in your own home. To kill one, signifies quarrels with your wife or sweetheart. If one bites you, you will be the victim of unfaithfulness and will suffer from enemies in your business. If you dream that you see many spiders hanging in their webs around you, foretells most favorable conditions, fortune, good health and friends. To dream of a large spider confronting you, signifies that your elevation to fortune will be swift, unless you are in dangerous contact. To dream that you see a very large spider and a small one coming towards you, denotes that you will be prosperous, and that you will feel for a time that you are immensely successful; but if the large one bites you, enemies will steal away your good fortune. If the little one bites you, you will be harassed with little spites and jealousies. To imagine that you are running from a large spider, denotes you will lose fortune in slighting opportunities. If you kill the spider you will eventually come into fair estate. If it afterwards returns to life and pursues you, you will be oppressed by sickness and wavering fortunes. For a young woman to dream she sees gold spiders crawling around her, foretells that her fortune and prospect for happiness will improve, and new friends will surround her.

Checked by Helena

Unserious Contents or Definition

A busy weaver and a good correspondent, who drops a line by every post.

Typist: Montague

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