orb
noun
- globular object sometimes topped with a cross; Christian symbol of authority
verb
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Pronunciation: /ɔɹb/ / /ɔːb/
noun
Etymology: From Old French orb (“blind”), from Latin orbus (“destitute”).
- A blank window or panel.
“small blank windows or panels, for in later times such panels were called orbs, blind windows”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare orbit.
- To form into an orb or circle.
“Let each His adamantine coat gird well, and each Fit well his helm, gripe fast his orbed shield”
“a full-orbed sun”
- To become round like an orb.
- To encircle; to surround; to enclose.
“The wheels were orbed with gold.”