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† webbe Obs.
Also 5 web.
[ME. webbe represents (1) OE. webba masc.; (2) OE. webbe fem. (only in freoðuwebbe peace-weaver, woman); OTeut. types *waƀjon-, -ōn-, f. *waƀ-: *weƀ-: see weave v. The word survives in the surnames Webb, Webbe.]
1. A male weaver.
c1100in Wr.-Wülcker 188/10 Textor, webba. a1327Pol. Songs (Camden) 188 The webbes ant the fullaris assembleden hem alle. c1386Chaucer Prol. 362 A Webbe, a Dyere, and a Tapycer. 1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 12 Johanni de Bokkynge, webbe, ciui Londonie. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. x. 204 These eremytes..Whilom were workmen, webbes and taillours. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 99 Some þat assemblyd yn a toune, & herberd hem yn a webbe hous, to whom þat nyght a child was born. 1403Will of John Oxstret (Somerset Ho.), Johanni Anketell Webbe de Sarum.
b. In gen. sing. or plur. (OE. webban, webbena), with light and loom.
1346Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 3 Si aliquod instrumentum textoris, videlicet Webanlam [sic] de nouo fiat. Ibid. 4. 1403 Will of Ralph Stylle (Somerset Ho.), Lego ad lumen beate marie vocatum Webben lyȝt xl d.
2. A female weaver, a webster.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 215 My wyf was a webbe and wollen cloth made. a1425Cursor M. 1525 (Trin.) She was þe formast web [Cott. webster] in kynde þat men of þat crafte dud fynde. |