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orb

 

  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orb  \Orb\,  n.  [OF.  orb  blind,  fr  L.  orbus  destitute.]  (Arch.) 
  A  blank  window  or  panel.  [Obs.]  --Oxf.  Gloss. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orb  \Orb\,  n.  [F.  orbe,  fr  L.  orbis  circle,  orb.  Cf  {Orbit}.] 
  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.  --Shak. 
 
  Whether  the  prime  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.  --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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orb  \Orb\,  v.  i. 
  To  become  round  like  an  orb.  [Poetic] 
 
  And  orb  into  the  perfect  star.  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  orb 
  n  1:  the  ball-shaped  capsule  containing  the  vertebrate  eye  [syn: 
  {eyeball}] 
  2:  any  object  with  a  spherical  shape;  "a  ball  of  fire"  [syn:  {ball}, 
  {globe}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  ORB 
 
  {Object  Request  Broker} 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  ORB 
  Object  Request  Broker  (OMA,  OMG,  CORBA,  ORB)




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