Orb

·noun A sphere of action.

II. Orb ·noun A blank window or panel.

III. Orb ·vt To form into an orb or circle.

IV. Orb ·noun The eye, as luminous and spherical.

V. Orb ·noun A revolving circular body; a wheel.

VI. Orb ·vi To become round like an orb.

VII. Orb ·noun ·same·as Mound, a ball or globe. ·see lst Mound.

VIII. Orb ·noun A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.

IX. Orb ·noun A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, ·esp. infantry to repel cavalry.

X. Orb ·noun A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.

XI. Orb ·vt To Encircle; to Surround; to Inclose.

XII. Orb ·noun A circle; ·esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an Orbit.

XIII. Orb ·noun 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.