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

orb \orb\ ^orb, n. of. orb blind, fr. l. orbus destitute.
   arch.
   a blank window or panel. obs. --oxf. gloss.
   1913 webster

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

orb \orb\, n. f. orbe, fr. l. orbis circle, orb. cf. orbit.
   1913 webster
   1. a spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the
      celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
      1913 webster

            in the small orb of one particular tear. --shak.
      1913 webster

            whether the prime orb,
            incredible how swift, had thither rolled. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the
      ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry
      the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.
      1913 webster

   3. a circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit,
      described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
      1913 webster

            the schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign
            eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

            you seem to me as dian in her orb.    --shak.
      1913 webster

            in orbs
            of circuit inexpressible they stood,
            orb within orb.                       --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. a period of time marked off by the revolution of a
      heavenly body. r. --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. the eye, as luminous and spherical. poetic
      1913 webster

            a drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --milton.
      1913 webster

   6. a revolving circular body; a wheel. poetic
      1913 webster

            the orbs
            of his fierce chariot rolled.         --milton.
      1913 webster

   7. a sphere of action or influence. --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

            but in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --shak
      1913 webster

   8. same as mound, a ball or globe. see 1st mound.
      1913 webster

   9. mil. a body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for
      defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
      1913 webster

   syn: globe; ball; sphere. see globe.
        1913 webster
see also:
orbit mound globe 

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

orb \orb\ ^orb, v. t. imp.  p. p. orbed ^orbd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. orbing.
   1. to form into an orb or circle. poetic --milton.
      --lowell.
      1913 webster

   2. to encircle; to surround; to inclose. poetic
      1913 webster

            the wheels were orbed with gold.      --addison.
      1913 webster
see also:
orbed orbing 

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

orb \orb\, v. i.
   to become round like an orb. poetic
   1913 webster

         and orb into the perfect star.           --tennyson.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

orb
     n 1: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye syn:
          eyeball
     2: an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" syn: ball,
         globe
see also:
eyeball ball globe 

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

133 moby thesaurus words for "orb":
   aldebaran, canicula, dog star, hesper, hesperus, lucifer,
   north star, phosphor, phosphorus, polaris, sirius, venus, vesper,
   ambit, area, arena, baby blues, bailiwick, ball, balloon,
   banjo eyes, beat, bladder, blob, boll, bolus, border, borderland,
   bright eyes, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, cap of dignity,
   cap of maintenance, celestial body, circle, circuit, clear eyes,
   comet, cornea, coronet, crown, daystar, demesne, department,
   diadem, discipline, domain, dominion, ellipsoid, ermine,
   evening star, eye, eyeball, eyelid, field, fixed stars, geoid,
   globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gob, gobbet,
   goggle eyes, great seal, heavenly body, hemisphere, iris,
   judicial circuit, jurisdiction, knob, knot, lamp, lens, lid,
   living sapphires, lodestar, march, morning star, naked eye,
   nictitating membrane, oblate spheroid, ocular, oculus, optic,
   optic nerve, orbit, orblet, organ of vision, pale, peeper, pellet,
   polar star, polestar, popeyes, precinct, privy seal,
   prolate spheroid, province, pupil, purple, purple pall, realm,
   regalia, retina, robe of state, rod, rod of empire, rondure, round,
   royal crown, saucer eyes, scepter, sclera, seal, signet, sphere,
   spheroid, spherule, starry host, starry orbs, stars, subdiscipline,
   tiara, triple plume, unaided eye, uraeus, visual organ, walk,
   winker

[7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

orb
     object request broker oma, omg, corba, orb
     
     

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

orb
     
        object request broker
     
     
see also:
object request broker 

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

http://www.orb.de/, score=100, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 2:01 pm

ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
...Links to excerpts and full texts from primary and secondary sources, housed here at the.....The College has generously provided the hardware and technical expertise to keep the ORB.....Thanks also to Professor Carolyn Schriber and Laura Blanchard, the ORB's editors from 1995..
http://www.the-orb.net/, score=97, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 9:21 am

redorb.com

http://www.redorb.com/, score=97, date indexed=October 6, 2005, 11:23 pm

ORB: The Encyclopedia
...For all practical purposes, the number and variety of elements that will compose ORB is.....It is intended that ORB should serve all aspects of medieval studies, so the present list.....This new section of the ORB Encyclopedia will contain information on the languages of the..
http://www.the-orb.net/encyclo.html, score=95, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 3:39 am

Are you Komfortable?
...okie dokie it's the orb on kompakt disco ..japan - 26th october 2005 (v2) rest of world..
http://www.theorb.com/, score=95, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 9:45 am

Herzlich Willkommen in Bad Orb
...Die offizielle Präsentation der Kurstadt Bad Orb..
http://www.bad-orb.de/, score=93, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 8:40 pm

Real-time CORBA with TAO (The ACE ORB)

http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html, score=92, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 5:01 am

Orb Study - Lightworks Plasma Imaging
...orb, a careful study of our sample film and digital camera images, as well as all.....Motion Analysis - Single Orb Rising Up .. Orb Behind Leaves .. Welcome to ORBSTUDY.COM! Here you will be..
http://www.orbstudy.com/, score=87, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 10:05 am

ThinkGeek :: Ambient Orb Device
...The Ambient Orb is a device that slowly transitions between thousands of colors to show.....The Ambient Orb is simply plugged into any standard 110V power outlet and it is up and.....The channel for the Orb can be selected via a web interface and will update in a short..
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/5da2/, score=87, date indexed=August 27, 2004, 4:49 pm

FIND_ORB Orbit determination software
...Save the page as a plain ASCII file, and load it into Find_Orb, and you should see the.....If you're interested in translating Find_Orb into other languages, click here for.....Second, if you feed Find_Orb data for any of these three asteroids, the orbit goes haywire..
http://www.projectpluto.com/find_orb.htm, score=86, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 2:08 am

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