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181 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-RANUNCULUS.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-RANUNCULUS, n. A plant, the Trollius europaeus.
182 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-THISTLE.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Echinops.
183 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBOSE.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBOSE, a. [L. globosus, from globe.]
184 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBULAR.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBULAR, a. [from globe.] Round; spherical; having the form of a small ball or sphere; as globular atoms.
185 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBULE.2 (Noah Webster)
A little globe; a small particle of matter of a spherical form; a word particularly applied to the red particles of blood, which swim in a transparent serum, and may be discovered by the microscope.
186 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GNOMON.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The gnomon of a globe, is the index of the hour-circle.
187 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GROUND.2 (Noah Webster)
… globe, nor to any portion of it when removed. We never say a shovel full or a load of ground. We say under ground, but not under earth; and we speak of the globe as …
188 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEDGEHOG.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The globe-fish, orbis echinatus.
189 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEDGEHOG.5 (Noah Webster)
This fish belongs to the genus Diodon. It is covered with long spines, and has the power of inflating its body, whence the name globe-fish.
190 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HELISPHERIC.1 (Noah Webster)
HELISPHERIC, HELISPHERICAL, a. [helix and sphere.] Spiral. The helispherical line is the rhomb line in navigation, so called because on the globe it winds round the pole spirally, coming nearer and nearer to it, but never terminating in it.
191 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEMISPHERE.1 (Noah Webster)
… or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. In astronomy, one half the mundane sphere. The equator divides the sphere into two equal parts …
192 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEMISPHERE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A map or projection of half the terrestrial globe.
193 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEMISPHERICICAL.1 (Noah Webster)
HEMISPHERICICAL, a. Containing half a sphere or globe; as a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.
194 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDEX.9 (Noah Webster)
6. The index of a globe, or the gnomon, is a little style fitted on the north pole, which by turning with the globe, serves to point to certain divisions of the hour circle.
195 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAKE.4 (Noah Webster)
… the globe, particularly the lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior.
196 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAND.2 (Noah Webster)
… the globe, in distinction from the sea or other waters, which constitute the fluid or movable part. Hence we say, the globe is terraqueous, consisting of land …
197 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAND.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Any portion of the solid, superficial part of the globe, whether a kingdom or country, or a particular region. The United States is denominated the land of freedom.
198 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LATITUDE.6 (Noah Webster)
4. In geography, the distance of any place on the globe, north or south of the equator. Boston is situated in the forty third degree of north latitude.
199 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LITHOGENESY.2 (Noah Webster)
The doctrine or science of the origin of minerals composing the globe, and of the causes which have produced their form and disposition.
200 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LONGITUDE.3 (Noah Webster)
… the globe from another place, eastward or westward; or the distance of any place from a given meridian. Boston, in Massachusetts, is situated in the 71st degree …