Definition of orb

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Orb (n.) 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..

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Spare :: Spare (a.) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations..
Rotund :: Rotund (a.) Orbicular, or nearly so..
Lagophthalmos :: Lagophthalmos (n.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance..
Solution :: Solution (n.) The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption..
Obligation :: Obligation (n.) Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc..
Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural..
Orbicula :: Orbicula (n.) Same as Discina.
Apsis :: Apsis (n.) One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides..
Flux :: Flux (n.) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux..
Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict..
Reabsorption :: Reabsorption (n.) The act or process of reabsorbing.
Orb :: Orb (n.) A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star..
Forby :: Forby (adv. & prep.) Near; hard by; along; past.
Redemptorist :: Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth..
Antacid :: Antacid (n.) A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent..
Dorr :: Dorr (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor..
Strictured :: Stricture (n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic..
Promise :: Promise (a.) In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act..
Antorbital :: Antorbital (n.) The antorbital bone.
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