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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 551 Proceeding forward it is dilated and embraceth the whole globe of the eye euen to the roote.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 162 The globe [of a fish's eye]..is furnished behind with a muscle, which serves to lengthen or flatten it, according to the necessities of the animal.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 510/2 It [sc. the tissue] abounds..around the globe of the eye.

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 54 The globe of the eye consists of two segments, the anterior of which is more or less conical.

1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 468 Three females and one male..were admitted for enucleation of wasted globes.

1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Ocular globe, the eyeball after the separation of its muscles and outer connections.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1309 The eye may be compared to a globular camera. The sensitive plate is the innermost layer or retina... Occupying the front of the globe is the biconvex lens.

1968 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 21 360 The left globe was ruptured posteriorly and proptosed down and out. There was total disorganisation of intra-ocular structures of the left eye with no light perception elicited.

1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. iv. 23/2 Debris of a white, cheesy nature can occasionally be noted between the third eyelid (nictitating membrane) and the globe, usually indicating a conjunctival infection.

1998 Times 25 June 22/4 If the globe of the eye is missing, the orbit will fail to develop properly and the baby's face will be distorted.