orby
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orby (comparative more orby, superlative most orby)
- (obsolete) having characteristics of an orb
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC:
- It smote Atrides orbie targe; but runne not through the brasse.
When, now arraid The world was with the spring; and orbie houres Had gone the round againe, through herbs and flowers.
- 1623, William Drummond of Hawthornden, Flowers of Sion:
- Their orbye christales moue
More actiue than before,
And entheate from aboue
Their soueraigne prince laude, glorifie, adore.
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orby
- inflection of orba: