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Definitions for: Orb
[n] the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
[n] an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
Webster (1913) Definition: Orb, n. [OF. orb blind, fr. L. orbus destitute.] (Arch.)
A blank window or panel. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
Orb, n. [F. orbe, fr. L. orbis circle, orb. Cf. Orbit.]
1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the
celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
In the small orb of one particular tear. --Shak.
Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had
thither rolled. --Milton.
2. One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the
ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry
the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.
3. A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit,
described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign
eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs.
--Bacon.
You seem to me as Dian in her orb. --Shak.
In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb
within orb. --Milton.
4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a
heavenly body. [R.] --Milton.
5. The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic]
A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --Milton.
6. A revolving circular body; a wheel. [Poetic]
The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. --Milton.
7. A sphere of action. [R.] --Wordsworth.
But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --Shak
8. Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound.
9. (Mil.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for
defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
Syn: Globe; ball; sphere. See Globe.
Orb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Orbing.]
1. To form into an orb or circle. [Poetic] --Milton. Lowell.
2. To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic]
The wheels were orbed with gold. --Addison.
Orb, v. i.
To become round like an orb. [Poetic]
And orb into the perfect star. --Tennyson.
Synonyms: ball, eyeball, globe
See Also: bolus, camphor ball, capsule, crystal ball, eye, fireball, globule, mothball, oculus, optic, peeper, pellet, sphere, spherule, time-ball
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