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Webster 1913 Edition
Globe
Globe
(glōb)
, Noun.
[L.
globus
, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump
, golf
: cf. F. globe
.] 1.
A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
2.
Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the
globe
of the eye; the globe
of a lamp.3.
The earth; the terraqueous ball; – usually preceded by the definite article.
Locke.
4.
A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens;
as, a terrestrial or celestial
; – called also globe
artificial globe
. 5.
A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; – a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.
Him round
A
A
globe
of fiery seraphim inclosed. Milton.
Globe amaranth
(Bot.)
, a plant of the genus
– Gomphrena
(G. globosa
), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. Globe animalcule
, a small, globular, locomotive organism (
– Volvox globator
), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ. Globe of compression
(Mil.)
, a kind of mine producing a wide crater; – called also
– overcharged mine
. Globe daisy
(Bot.)
, a plant or flower of the genus
– Globularing
, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. Globe sight
, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
– Globe slater
(Zool.)
, an isopod crustacean of the genus
– Spheroma
. Globe thistle
(Bot.)
, a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (
– Cynara Scolymus
); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops
. Globe valve
. (a)
A ball valve.
(b)
A valve inclosed in a globular chamber.
Knight.
– Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies concieved of as impelled through space.
Globe
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Globed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Globing
.] To gather or form into a globe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Globe
GLOBE
,Noun.
1.
A round or spherical solid body; a ball; a sphere; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center.2.
The earth; the terraqueous ball; so called, though not perfectly spherical.3.
An artificial sphere of metal, paper or other matter, on whose convex surface is drawn a map or representation of the earth or of the heavens. That on which the several oceans, seas, continents, isles and countries of the earth are represented, is called a terrestrial globe. That which exhibits a delineation of the constellations in the heavens, is called a celestial globe.4.
A body of soldiers formed into a circle.GLOBE
,Verb.
T.