Globe
Globe (glōb) , noun
[Latin globus, perh. akin to Latin glomus a ball of yarn, and English clump, golf: compare French 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.
Collocations (8)
Globe amaranth (Botany) , 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 alga.
Globe of compression (Military) , a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy (Botany) , 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 (Zoology) , an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma.
Globe thistle (Botany) , 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
Globe , transitive verb
To gather or form into a globe.