Show Cobweb and Spiderweb Cobweb means spiderweb cob being an all old English word signifying signify signify- lag ing spider It Is the common name given to the more or less leu formless webs spun In buildings by certain species of spiders and larvae of some ome insects Most of the tangled webs which annoy housewives are produced by the little house spider Cobwebs on the ceilings and In the corners cornets of houses are usually not noticed until un tin til they become covered with dust a circumstance which probably gave rise rile to the popular belief that cobwebs cob webs wb consist merely of dust The impression was strengthened by the fact that the house spider It Js seldom observed at work |