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▪ I. orbed, a.1
(ɔːbd, poet. ˈɔːbɪd)
[f. orb. n.1 and v. + -ed.]
1. Formed into, or having the form of, an orb; circular or spherical; rounded; arched.
1597Shakes. Lover's Compl. 25 The orbed earth. 1601― Twel. N. v. i. 278 That Orbed Continent, the fire That seuers day from night! 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. IV, ccxxvii, To make his Crescent Orbed in an Hower. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 543 Let each..Fit well his Helme, gripe fast his orbed Shield. 1820Shelley Cloud iv, That orbèd maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon. 1861Press Newspaper IX. 889/2 An orbed mass of the electric fluid. 1871R. Ellis Catullus lxiv. 65 Binds not a cincture smooth her bosom's orbed emotion.
2. fig. Fully rounded like a perfect circle.
1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 3 An orbed and balanced life.
3. In parasynthetic combinations, as full-orbed (having a full orb), half-orbed, gold-orbed.
1667Milton P.L. v. 42 Now reignes Full Orb'd the Moon. 1807J. Barlow Columb. i. 32 Her half orb'd moon declining to the main. 1839Bailey Festus xxxi. (1852) 487 Where..the gold orbed orange glows.
▪ II. † orbed, a.2 Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. orbāre + -ed1, after L. orbātus orbate.]
Bereaved.
1616Drummond of Hawthornden Niobe Wks. (1711) 22 Wretch'd Niobè I am,..Seven daughters..And sons as many, which one fatal day, (Orb'd mother!) took away. |