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Orb (&ô;rb), n. [OF.
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Orb, n. [F.
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1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
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In the small
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Whether the prime
Incredible how swift, had thither rolled.
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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.
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3. A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
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The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of
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You seem to me as Dian in her
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Of circuit inexpressible they stood,
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4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. [R.]
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5. The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic]
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A drop serene hath quenched their
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6. A revolving circular body; a wheel. [Poetic]
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The
Of his fierce chariot rolled.
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7. A sphere of action or influence.
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But in our
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8. Same as
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9. (Mil.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
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Orb (&ô;rb), v. t.
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2. To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic]
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The wheels were
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Orb, v. i. To become round like an orb. [Poetic]
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