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
(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
(Orb), v. i. To become round like an orb. [Poetic]
And orb into the perfect star.
Tennyson. Orbate
(Or"bate) a. [L. orbatus, p. p. of orbare to bereave, fr. orbus bereaved of parents or children.
See Orphan.] Bereaved; fatherless; childless. [Obs.]
Orbation
(Or*ba"tion) n. [L. orbatio.] The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation,
in general; bereavement. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Orbed
(Orbed) a. Having the form of an orb; round.
The orbèd eyelids are let down.
Trench. Orbic
(Or"bic Or"bic*al) a. [L. orbicus, or orbitus, fr. orbis orb.] Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular.
[R.] Bacon.
Orbicle
(Or"bi*cle) n. [L. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb.] A small orb, or sphere. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
Orbicula
(||Or*bic"u*la) n. [NL. See Orbicle.] (Zoöl.) Same as Discina.
