Gloar (?), v. i. [OD. gloeren, glueren, gluyeren. Cf. Glower.] To
squint; to stare. [Obs.]
Gloat (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloating.]
[Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G. glotzen to gloat.] To
look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze
with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
In vengeance gloating on another's pain.
Byron.
Glo"bard (?), n. [OE. globerde, from glow.] A glowworm. [>Obs.]
Holland.
{ Glo"bate (?), Glo"ba*ted (?), } a. [L. globatus, p. p. of globare to
make into a ball, fr. globus ball.] Having the form of a globe;
spherical.
Globe (?), 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.
2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the
globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite
article. Locke.
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.
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.
Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed.
Milton.
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 algÊ. -- 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 (Zoˆl.), 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.
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Syn. -- Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball. -- 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.
Globe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Globed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Globing.] To
gather or form into a globe.
Globe"fish` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon,
Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air
and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also
porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon.
Globe"flow`er (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Trollius (T.
EuropÊus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing
handsome globe-shaped flowers. (b) The American plant Trollius laxus.
Japan globeflower. See Corchorus.
Globe"-shaped` (?), a. Shaped like a globe.
Glo*bif"er*ous (?), a. [Globe + -ferous.] (Zoˆl.) Having a round or
globular tip.
||Glo*big`e*ri"na (?), n.; pl. GlobigerinÊ (#). [NL., fr. L. globus a
||round body + gerere to bear.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of small Foraminifera,
||which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead
||shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud,
||generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina
||ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera.
Glo*bose" (?), a. [L. globosus.] Having a rounded form resembling that
of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical. Milton.
Glo*bose"ly, adv. In a globular manner; globularly.
Glo*bos"i*ty (?), n. [L. globositas: cf. F. globositÈ.] Sphericity.
Ray.
Glo"bous (?), a. [See Globose.] Spherical. Milton.
Glob"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. globulaire.] Globe-shaped; having the form
of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.
Milton.
Globular chart, a chart of the earth's surface constructed on the
principles of the globular projection. -- Globular projection (Map
Projection), a perspective projection of the surface of a hemisphere
upon a plane parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight
being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the opposite
hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the sphere into the sine
of 45∞. -- Globular sailing, sailing on the arc of a great circle, or
so as to make the shortest distance between two places; circular
sailing.
Glob`u*lar"i*ty (?), n. The state of being globular; globosity;
sphericity.
Glob"u*lar*ly (?), adv. Spherically.
Glob"u*lar*ness, n. Sphericity; globosity.
Glob"ule (?), n. [L. globulus, dim. of globus globe: cf. F. globule.]
1. A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.
Globules of snow.
Sir I. Newton.
These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the
skull.
Paley.
2. (Biol.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph,
and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.