Defn: The European spotted flycatcher. Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper's Dict. Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl. Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobwed are substituted for wires.
COBWEBBED
Cob"webbed`, a.
Defn: Abounding in cobwebs. "The cobwebbed cottage." Young.
COBWEBBY
Cob"web`by, a.
Defn: Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.
COBWORK
Cob"work`, a.
Defn: Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.
COCA
Co"ca, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. native name.]
Defn: The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca).
In med., called Erythroxylon.
Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion, or to sustain strength in absence of food. Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha.