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  1.                 From en.wiktionary.org:
                    

    [ORB]

    ** English

    *** Pronunciation

    - [en] - [en] - [en] - [en]

    *** Etymology 1

    From [en], from [en], from [en]. Compare [en].

    **** Noun

    [en-noun]

    1. A spherical body; a sphere , especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star 2. * [Lover's Complaint] 3. * [book=IV] 4. Celestial sphere ; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions 5. [en] A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere 6. An orbit of an heavenly body 7. * [Of Superstition] 8. * [act=IV] 9. * [book=V] 10. [en] The time period of an orbit 11. * [en] 12. [en] The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity 13. * [book=III] 14. * [page=260] 15. [en] Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel 16. * [book=VI] 17. [en] A sphere of action. 18. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1815 | author=w:William Wordsworth | title=Essay, Supplementary to the Preface |passage=By what fatality the ORB of my genius [...] acts upon these men like the moon upon a certain description of patients, it would be irksome to inquire}}

    1. * [1] 2. A globus cruciger ; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power 3. A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography ( Orb (optics) ) 4. [en] A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry. 5. [en] [en] Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect .

    ***** Synonyms

    - [spherical body] [en] , [en] , [en] - [circle] [en] , [en] - [a period of time] [en] - [an eye] [en] - [revolving circular body] [en] , [en] - [sphere of action] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] - [monarch's ceremonial sphere] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] - [military formation] [en]

    ***** Derived terms

    [en]

    ***** Translations

    [spherical body]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] - Chinese: - Czech: [cs] , [cs] (kulovité) - Danish: [da] - Dutch: [nl] - Esperanto: [eo] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - German: [de] , [de] - Greek: [el] - Hebrew: [he] , [he] - Italian: [it] - Japanese: [ja] - Korean: [ko] - Latin: [la] - Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] , [mk] - Portuguese: [pt] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] - Spanish: [es] - Swedish: [sv] - Tocharian B: [txb] - Volapük: [vo] [trans-bottom]

    [mythology: transparent sphere carrying the heavenly bodies]

    - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - Macedonian: [mk] [trans-bottom]

    [circle]

    [orbit]

    [period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body]

    [poetic: the eye, as luminous and spherical]

    - Czech: [cs] - Dutch: [nl] - French: [fr] - Italian: [it] , [it] - Macedonian: [mk] [trans-bottom]

    [poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel]

    - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - Italian: [it] [trans-bottom]

    [sphere of action]

    - Finnish: [fi] [trans-bottom]

    [monarch's ceremonial sphere]

    **** Verb

    [en-verb]

    1. [en] To form into an orb or circle. 2. * [passage=Let each <br> His adamantine coat gird well, and each <br> Fit well his helm, gripe fast his ORBED shield] 3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1842 | author=w:James Russell Lowell | title=sonnet |passage=a full- ORBED sun}}

    1. * [XXIV] 2. [en] To become round like an orb. 3. [en] To encircle; to surround; to enclose. 4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1717 | author=w:Joseph Addison | title=w:Metamorphoses |passage=The wheels were ORBED with gold.}}

    *** Etymology 2

    From [en], from [en].

    **** Noun

    [en-noun]

    1. [en] A blank window or panel. 2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1845 | author=Robert Willis | title=The Architectural History of Canterbury Cathedral |passage=small blank windows or panels, for in later times such panels were called ORBS, blind windows}}

    *** References

    - [R:Webster 1913]

    *** Anagrams

    - [en] [en]

    ** Aromanian

    *** Alternative forms

    - [rup]

    *** Etymology

    From [rup]. Compare [ro].

    *** Adjective

    [rup]

    1. blind 2. [rup] ignorant 3. [rup] uncultivated , unrefined , uncivilized

    **** Related terms

    - [rup] - [rup]

    **** See also

    - [rup]

    ** Catalan

    *** Etymology

    [ca] (also spelled [roa-oca]), from [ca]. Compare [oc], [it], [ro].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [ò]

    *** Adjective

    [ca-adj]

    1. blind

    *** Noun

    [m]

    1. a fungal disease of wheat and other cereal s

    *** References

    - [R:ca:IEC2] - [R:ca:GDLC] - [R:ca:DNV] - [R:ca:DCVB]

    ** Estonian

    *** Etymology

    Borrowed from [et], from [et], from [et], borrowed from [et]. Cognate with [hu]. [et]

    *** Noun

    [orvu]

    1. orphan

    **** Declension

    [or]

    *** Further reading

    - [R:EKSS] - [R:et:EÕS] - [R:Sõnaveeb]

    ** Romanian

    *** Etymology

    [ro], from [ro]. Compare [it]. [ro].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [ro] - [ro] - [ro]

    *** Adjective

    [f=oarbă]

    1. blind

    **** Declension

    [f=oarbă]

    *** Noun

    [m]

    1. blind man

    **** Declension

    [ro-noun-m]

    **** Derived terms

    - [ro] - [ro]

    **** Related terms

    - [ro]

    **** See also

    - [ro] - [ro] - [ro] - [ro]