orblessadj.
/ˈɔːbləs/, U.S. /ˈɔrbləs/ Chiefly poetic. Now rare.
Without an orb; destitute of orbs; spec. (a) lacking eyes or eyeballs; (b) empty of stars and planets.
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a1788 W. Blake Tiriel in Poetry & Prose W. Blake (1965) ii. 274 Look at my eyes blind as the orbless scull among the stones.
1792 M. Deverell Mary, Queen of Scots iv. iii. 77 Thus planet-struck, my birth: all good stars orbless: Others comet-like.
1820 D. M. Moir in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 272 Far—far, within the orbless blue, A tiny lustre twinkles thro'.
1844 G. Lippard Ladye Annabel iv. xi. 121 A ghastly skull stared him in the face, with the orbless sockets, the cavity of the nose, and the grinning teeth.
1867 A. B. Street Poems 294 Where, through the orbless deserts there outspread, Sufi's White Ox and lowlier brother tread.
a1907 T. B. Aldrich Poems (1907) xxviii. x. 390 A wide-browed Sphinx, half buried in the sand, With orbless sockets stares across the land.
1999 Newsday (Nexis) 2 July b6 The peeling back of Michele's eyepatch, which reveals an orbless hole.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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