[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

globe \globe\ gl=ob, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
      as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
      1913 webster

   3. the earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
      the definite article. --locke.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            him round
            a globe of fiery seraphim inclosed.   --milton.
      1913 webster

   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 algae.
      

   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 zool., 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.
          1913 webster

   syn: globe, sphere, orb, ball.

   usage: 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.
          1913 webster
see also:
artificial globe globe amaranth gomphrena g. globosa globe animalcule volvox globator 
globe of compression overcharged mine globe daisy globularing globe sight 
globe slater spheroma globe thistle cynara scolymus echinops 
globe valve globe sphere orb ball 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

globe \globe\, v. t. imp.  p. p. globed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   globing.
   to gather or form into a globe.
   1913 webster
see also:
globed globing 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mound \mound\ mound, n. f. monde the world, l. mundus. see
   mundane.
   a ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or
   other sovereign. it is encircled with bands, enriched with
   precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also
   globe.
   1913 webster
see also:
mundane globe 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

globe
     n 1: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live;
          "the earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the
          world" syn: earth, world
     2: an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" syn: ball,
         orb
     3: a sphere on which a map especially of the earth is
        represented
see also:
earth world ball orb 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

118 moby thesaurus words for "globe":
   earth, gaea, ge, lambert conformal projection, mercator projection,
   miller projection, tellus, terra, aeronautical chart,
   astronomical chart, atlas, azimuthal equidistant projection,
   azimuthal projection, ball, balloon, bead, biosphere, bladder,
   blob, boll, bolus, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, cartographer,
   cartography, celestial chart, celestial globe, chart, chorographer,
   chorography, climatic chart, conglobulate, conic projection,
   contour line, contour map, cylindrical projection, earth,
   ellipsoid, general reference map, geography, geoid, geosphere,
   globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gnomonic projection, gob,
   gobbet, graphic scale, grid line, hachure, heliographic chart,
   hydrographic chart, index, isoline, knob, knot, lamp shade,
   latitude, layer tint, legend, longitude, map, map maker,
   map projection, mapper, meridian, moonshade, mother earth,
   mushroom, oblate spheroid, orb, orbit, orblet, parallel, pellet,
   photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography,
   physical map, planet, political map, polyconic projection,
   projection, prolate spheroid, relief map, representative fraction,
   road map, rondure, round, scale, sinusoidal projection, snowball,
   special map, sphere, spherify, spheroid, spherule, terra,
   terrain map, terrestrial globe, the blue planet, thematic map,
   this pendent world, topographer, topographic chart, topography,
   transportation map, vale, vale of tears, weather chart,
   weather map, whole wide world, world

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

globe, az city, fips 28030
  location: 33.38281 n, 110.75431 w
  population 1990: 6062 2615 housing units
  area: 21.6 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 85501

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

globe, az -- u.s. city in arizona
   population 2000:    7486
   housing units 2000: 3172
   land area 2000:     18.017897 sq. miles 46.666138 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.007936 sq. miles 0.020554 sq. km
   total area 2000:    18.025833 sq. miles 46.686692 sq. km
   fips code:            28030
   located within:       arizona az, fips 04
   location:             33.399858 n, 110.781570 w
   zip codes 1990:     85501
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    globe, az
    globe

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