Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Orbit

Orbit , noun

[Latin orbita a track or rut made by a wheel, course, circuit, from orbis a circle: compare French orbite. See 2d Orb.]

1.
(Astronomy) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
2.
An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper]
Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. — Young
3.
(Anatomy) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
4.
(Zoology) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.