orbweaver (orb we"ver)

Any spider of the large group Orbitela: distinguished from tube-weaver, tunnel - weaver, etc. The studies are particularly directed to the spinning habits of the great group of spiders known as orb - weavers . Science, XIV. 136. orby (or'bi), a. [ 2. Revolving as an orb. L. orca, a kind of whale.] A marine mammal; some cetacean, perhaps a grampus or killer, or the narwhal. See Orca1. Now turn and view the wonders of the deep, Where Proteus' herds and Neptune's orks do keep. B. Jonson, Neptune's Triumph. An island salt and bare, The haunt of seals, and orcs , and sea-mews' clang. IMG:content-1799.png:[blocks in formation] I call him orke , because I know no beast Nor fish from whence comparison to take. Sir J. Haring ton , tr. of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, x. 87. There are two varieties of the Delphin us orca, the orc and the grampus. The ore is about eighteen or twenty feet long. Cuvier, Règne Animal (trans. 1827), IV. 455.