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globulous, a. Now rare.|ˈglɒbjʊləs| [a. F. globuleux.] Having the form of a globule or globules; consisting of globules. † Also rarely = globular 1.
1668H. More Div. Dial. iii. xxviii. (1713) 251 In each of these Circles was there also a small Globulous Speck. 1679M. Rusden Disc. Bees 33 Where they [bees] make one entire globulous body neer the upper parts of the Hive. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 5 Small Globulous Work, as the Heads of Pins that round off towards the Edges. 1786–7Bonnycastle Astron. xix. 310 Des Cartes defines it to be a globulous matter, diffused through the universe. 1868Duncan Figuier's Insect World iii. 113 The antennæ are short, with a second globulous articulation, and a small terminal hair. Hence † ˈglobulousness.
1665Boyle Exper. Cold 715 The same drops..will readily adhere to Gold, and lose their Globulousness upon it. |