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Webster 1828 Edition


Spherical

SPHER'IC

, SPHER'ICAL,
Adj.
[L. sphericus.]
1.
Globular; orbicular; having a surface in every part equally distant from the center; as a spherical body. Drops of water take a spherical form.
2.
Planetary; relating to the orbs of the planets. We make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars, as if we were villains by spherical predominance.