Orb

n.	1.	(Arch.) A blank window or panel.
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	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.
	5.	The eye, as luminous and spherical. A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. - Milton.
	6.	A revolving circular body; a wheel. The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. - Milton.
	7.	A sphere of action or influence. But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. - Shak
	8.	Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See 1st Mound.
	9.	(Mil.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
v. t.	1.	To form into an orb or circle. [imp. & p. p. Orbed (ôrbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Orbing.]
	2.	To encircle; to surround; to inclose. The wheels were orbed with gold. - Addison.
v. i.	1.	To become round like an orb. And orb into the perfect star. - Tennyson.

Noun	1.	orb - the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye Synonyms: eyeball
	2.	orb - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" Synonyms: globe, ball

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