| Globe | n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball. -- 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
