Spider

spī′dėr, n. an arachnid of the order Araneid a , 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, .— 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. [M. E. spither —A.S. spinnan , to spin; cf. Dan. spinder , Ger. spinne .]