— orbless , adj. — orblike , adj.
/awrb/ , n.
1. a sphere or globe: a Christmas tree hung with brightly colored orbs.
2. the eyeball or eye: He looks with blind orbs on an indifferent world.
3. any of the heavenly bodies, as the sun or moon: He lay on the grass, warmed by that orb of day, the sun.
4. a globe bearing a cross; the mound or emblem of sovereignty, esp. as part of the regalia of England.
5. Astrol. the number of degrees from exactness within which an aspect operates.
6. a circle or something circular.
7. Astron. (formerly) the orbit of a heavenly body.
8. the earth.
v.t.
9. to form into a circle or sphere.
10. Archaic. to encircle; enclose.
v.i.
11. to move in an orbit.
12. to form into an orb or globe; round out.
[ 1520-30; orbis circle, disk, orb ]