orb
         n 1: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye [syn:
               {eyeball}, {orb}]
         2: an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn:
            {ball}, {globe}, {orb}]
         v 1: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The
               planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the
               nucleus" [syn: {orb}, {orbit}, {revolve}]

English Dictionary: orb	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orff n German musician who developed a widely used system for teaching music to children (1895-1982) Synonym(s): Orff, Carl Orff
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orb \Orb\, n. [OF. orb blind, fr. L. orbus destitute.] (Arch.)       A blank window or panel. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orb \Orb\, n. [F. orbe, fr. L. orbis circle, orb. Cf. {Orbit}.]       1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the             celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.                         In the small orb of one particular tear. --Shak.                         Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had                      thither rolled.                                 --Milton.          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.          3. A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit,             described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.                         The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign                      eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs.                                                                               --Bacon.                         You seem to me as Dian in her orb.      --Shak.                         In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb                      within orb.                                       --Milton.          4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a             heavenly body. [R.] --Milton.          5. The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic]                         A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --Milton.          6. A revolving circular body; a wheel. [Poetic]                         The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. --Milton.          7. A sphere of action. [R.] --Wordsworth.                         But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --Shak          8. Same as {Mound}, a ball or globe. See lst {Mound}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orb \Orb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Orbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Orbing}.]       1. To form into an orb or circle. [Poetic] --Milton. Lowell.          2. To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic]                         The wheels were orbed with gold.         --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orb \Orb\, v. i.       To become round like an orb. [Poetic]                   And orb into the perfect star.               --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orby \Orb"y\, a. [From 2d {Orb}.]       Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. [Obs.]       [bd]Orby hours.[b8] --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orf \Orf\, Orfe \Or"fe\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id. See {Id}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orf \Orf\, Orfe \Or"fe\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id. See {Id}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Id \Id\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish ({Leuciscus idus} or {Idus       idus}) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the       goldfish, is called {orfe} in Germany.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orf \Orf\, Orfe \Or"fe\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id. See {Id}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Id \Id\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish ({Leuciscus idus} or {Idus       idus}) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the       goldfish, is called {orfe} in Germany.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ORB          {Object Request Broker}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Oreb       raven, a prince of Midian, who, being defeated by Gideon and put       to straits, was slain along with Zeeb (Judg. 7:20-25). Many of       the Midianites perished along with him (Ps. 83:9; Isa. 10:26).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Orpah       forelock or fawn, a Moabitess, the wife of Chilion (Ruth 1:4;       4:10). On the death of her husband she accompanied Naomi, her       mother-in-law, part of the way to Bethlehem, and then returned       to Moab.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Oreb, a raven
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Orpah, the neck or skull