orb

v. i. To become round like an orb. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And orb into the perfect star. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. orbe, fr. L. orbis circle, orb. Cf. Orbit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the small orb of one particular tear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether the prime orb,
Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

You seem to me as Dian in her orb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In orbs
Of circuit inexpressible they stood,
Orb within orb. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The eye, as luminous and spherical. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A revolving circular body; a wheel. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The orbs
Of his fierce chariot rolled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A sphere of action or influence. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. Shak [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See 1st Mound. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Mil.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Globe; ball; sphere. See Globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. orb blind, fr. L. orbus destitute. ] (Arch.) A blank window or panel. [ Obs. ] Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. orbatus, p. p. of orbare to bereave, fr. orbus bereaved of parents or children. See Orphan. ] Bereaved; fatherless; childless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. orbatio. ] The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the form of an orb; round. [ 1913 Webster ]

The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. orbicus, or orbitus, fr. orbis orb. ] Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb. ] A small orb, or sphere. [ Obs. ] G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]