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 Meaning of GLOBE
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 more details ... |  |  |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | 
\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.
Syn: {Globe}, {Sphere}, {Orb}, {Ball}.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
       sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
       body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
       astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
       globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
       heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
       concieved of as impelled through space.
\Globe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Globed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Globing}.]
To gather or form into a globe.
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