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
algæ. -- 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
(Zoöl.), 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. -- 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.
