And orb into the perfect star.
Tennyson.
Or"bate (?), a. [L. orbatus, p. p. of orbare to bereave, fr. orbus
bereaved of parents or children. See Orphan.] Bereaved; fatherless;
childless. [Obs.]
Or*ba"tion (?), n. [L. orbatio.] The state of being orbate, or deprived
of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement. [Obs.] Bp.
Hall.
Orbed (?), a. Having the form of an orb; round.
The orbèd eyelids are let down.
Trench.
{ Or"bic (?), Or"bic*al (?), } a. [L. orbicus, or orbitus, fr. orbis
orb.] Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [R.] Bacon.
Or"bi*cle (?), n. [L. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb.] A small orb, or
sphere. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
||Or*bic"u*la (?), n. [NL. See Orbicle.] (Zoöl.) Same as Discina.
Or*bic"u*lar (?), a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb:
cf. F. orbiculaire.] Resembling or having the form of an orb;
spherical; circular; orbiculate. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. --
Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n.
Orbicular as the disk of a planet.
De Quincey.
Or*bic"u*late (?), n. That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the
vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.
{ Or*bic"u*late (?), Or*bic"u*la`ted (?), } a. [L. orbiculatus. See
Orbicular.] Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular,
or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.
Orbiculate leaf (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly circular.
Or*bic`u*la"tion (?), n. The state or quality of being orbiculate;
orbicularness. Dr. H. More.
Or"bit (?), n. [L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel, course,
circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d Orb.] 1. (Astron.)
The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution
around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the
moon.