Ellen G. White Writings

161 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ECLIPTIC.3 (Noah Webster)

2. In geography, a great circle on the terrestrial globe, answering to and falling within the plane of the celestial ecliptic.

162 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENCOMPASS.3 (Noah Webster)

2. To go or sail round; as Drake encompassed the globe.

163 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENVIRONING.1 (Noah Webster)

ENVIRONING, ppr. Surrounding; encircling; besieging; inclosing; involving; investing. The appropriation of different parts of the globe to some particular specles of stone environing it.

164 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EQUATOR.1 (Noah Webster)

… maps, globes and planispheres, it is called the equinoctial line, or simply the line. Every point in the equator is 90 degrees or a quadrant’s distance from …

165 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EQUINOCTIAL.7 (Noah Webster)

… the globe. The equinoctial then is the circle which the sun describes, or appears to describe, at the time the days and nights are of equal length, viz. about the …

166 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ESTABLISHMENT.8 (Noah Webster)

5. That which is fixed or established; as a permanent military force, a fixed garrison, a local government, an agency, a factory, etc. The king has establishments to support, in the four quarters of the globe.

167 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EYE.2 (Noah Webster)

1. The organ of sight or vision; properly, the globe or ball movable in the orbit. The eye is nearly of a spherical figure, and composed of coats or tunics. But in the term eye, we often or usually include the ball and the parts adjacent.

168 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EYEBALL.1 (Noah Webster)

EYEBALL, n. The ball, globe or apple of the eye.

169 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GEOGRAPHER.1 (Noah Webster)

… this globe or earth, which is exhibited upon the surface, as the continents, isles, ocean, seas, lakes, rivers, mountains, countries, etc. One who is versed in geography …

170 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GEOGRAPHIC.1 (Noah Webster)

GEOGRAPHIC, GEOGRAPHICAL, a. Relating to or containing a description of the terraqueous globe; pertaining to geography.

171 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GEOGRAPHY.2 (Noah Webster)

… terrestrial globe, particularly of the divisions of its surface, natural and artificial, and of the position of the several countries, kingdoms, states, cities …

172 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GEOLOGICAL.1 (Noah Webster)

GEOLOGICAL, a. [See Geology .] Pertaining to geology; relating to the science of the earth or terraqueous globe.

173 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GEOLOGY.2 (Noah Webster)

… terraqueous globe, and of the substances which compose it; or the science of the compound minerals or aggregate substances which compose the earth, the relations …