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Webster 1913 Edition
Orb
Orb
(ôrb)
, Noun.
[OF.
orb
blind, fr. L. orbus
destitute.] (Arch.)
A blank window or panel.
[Obs.]
Oxf. Gloss.
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. Shakespeare
Whether the prime
Incredible how swift, had thither rolled.
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
. Shakespeare
In
Of circuit inexpressible they stood,
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
Of his fierce chariot rolled.
orbs
Of his fierce chariot rolled.
Milton.
7.
A sphere of action or influence.
Wordsworth.
But in our
orbs
we’ll live so round and safe. Shak
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
(ôrb)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Orbed
(ôrbd)
; 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
,Verb.
I.
To become round like an orb.
[Poetic]
And
orb
into the perfect star. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Orb
ORB
,Noun.
1.
A spherical body; as the celestial orbs.2.
In astronomy, a hollow globe or sphere.3.
A wheel; a circular body that revolves or rolls; as the orbs of a chariot.4.
A circle; a sphere defined by a line; as, he move in a larger orb.5.
A circle described by any mundane sphere; an orbit.6.
Period; revolution of time.7.
The eye.8.
In tactics, the circular form of a body of troops, or a circular body of troops.The ancient astronomers conceived the heavens as consisting of several vast azure transparent orbs or spheres inclosing one another, and including the bodies of the planets.
ORB
,Verb.
T.