Globe

glōb, n. a ball: a round body, a sphere: the earth: a sphere representing the earth (terrestrial globe) or the heavens (celestial globe): ( obs. ) a group.— v.t. to form in a circle.— ns. Globe′-fish , one of a genus of fishes found in warm seas, remarkable for its power of swelling out its body to a globular form; Globe′-flow′er , a small palæarctic genus of plants of the order Ranunculaceæ , with a globe of large showy sepals enclosing the small inconspicuous linear petals; Globe′-trot′ter , one who travels for pleasure around the world; Globe′-trot′ting ; Glō′bin , a proteid constituent of red blood corpuscles.— adjs. Glōbose′ , Glōb′ous , resembling a globe.— n. ( Milt. ) a globe.— n. Glōbos′ity .— adjs. Glob′ūlar , Glob′ūlous , Glob′ūlose , like a globe: spherical.— n. Globūlar′ity .— adv. Glob′ūlarly .— ns. Glob′ūle , a little globe or round particle—also Glob′ūlet ; Glob′ūlin , Glob′ūline , a substance closely allied to albumen, which forms the main ingredient of the blood globules, and also occurs in the crystalline lens of the eye; Glob′ūlite , the name given by Vogelsang to minute crystallites of spherical, drop-like form.— adj. Glōb′y ( Milt. ), round. [O. Fr.,—L. globus ; gleba , a clod.]