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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLOBE, n. [L. globus; Eng. clew. See Clew.]
1. A round or spherical solid body; a ball; a sphere; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center.
2. The earth; the terraqueous ball; so called, though not perfectly spherical.
3. An artificial sphere of metal, paper or other matter, on whose convex surface is drawn a map or representation of the earth or of the heavens. That on which the several oceans, seas, continents, isles and countries of the earth are represented, is called a terrestrial globe. That which exhibits a delineation of the constellations in the heavens, is called a celestial globe.
4. A body of soldiers formed into a circle.
GLOBE, v.t. To gather round or into a circle.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world" [syn: Earth, earth, world, globe]
2: an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn: ball, globe, orb]
3: a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin globus Date: 15th century something spherical or rounded: as a. a spherical representation of the earth, a celestial body, or the heavens b. earth 4 c. orb 5 II. transitive verb (globed; globing) Date: 1641 archaic to form into a globe

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a (prec. by the) the planet earth. b a planet, star, or sun. c any spherical body; a ball. 2 a spherical representation of the earth or of the constellations with a map on the surface. 3 a golden sphere as an emblem of sovereignty; an orb. 4 any spherical glass vessel, esp. a fish bowl, a lamp, etc. 5 the eyeball. --v.tr. & intr. make (usu. in passive) or become globular. Phrases and idioms: globe artichoke the partly edible head of the artichoke plant. globe-fish any tropical fish of the family Tetraodontidae, able to inflate itself into a spherical form: also called PUFFER-FISH. globe-flower any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Trollius with globular usu. yellow flowers. globe lightning = ball lightning (see BALL(1)). globe-trotter a person who travels widely. globe-trotting such travel. Derivatives: globelike adj. globoid adj. & n. globose adj. Etymology: F globe or L globus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mound Mound (mound), n. [F. monde the world, L. mundus. See Mundane.] A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Globe Globe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Globed; p. pr. & vb. n. Globing.] To gather or form into a globe.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Globe 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. 2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp. 3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. --Locke. 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. 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. Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton. 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 alg[ae]. 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(globes) 1. You can refer to the world as the globe when you are emphasizing how big it is or that something happens in many different parts of it. ...bottles of beer from every corner of the globe... 70% of our globe's surface is water. = planet N-SING: usu the N 2. A globe is a ball-shaped object with a map of the world on it. It is usually fixed on a stand. ...a globe of the world... Three large globes stand on the floor. N-COUNT 3. Any ball-shaped object can be referred to as a globe. The overhead light was covered now with a white globe. N-COUNT: usu with supp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Sphere, ball, orb. 2. Earth, terraqueous globe, terrestrial ball.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Pewter. Cant.

Foolish Dictionary

An all-round proposition which has furnished its shareholders a living for several thousand years, though its stock is two-thirds water.

Moby Thesaurus

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