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161 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.
162 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 …
163 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 …
164 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.
165 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.
166 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EYEBALL.1 (Noah Webster)
EYEBALL, n. The ball, globe or apple of the eye.
167 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 …
168 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.
169 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 …
170 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.
171 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 …
172 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBATE.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBATE, GLOBATED, a. [L. globatus.] Having the form of a globe; spherical; spheroidal.
173 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE, n. [L. globus; Eng. clew. See Clew .]
174 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE.4 (Noah Webster)
… terrestrial globe. That which exhibits a delineation of the constellations in the heavens, is called a celestial globe.
175 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE.6 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE, v.t. To gather round or into a circle.
176 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-AMARANTH.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-AMARANTH, n. A plant of the genus Gomphrena. [See Amaranth .]
177 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-ANIMAL.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-ANIMAL, n. A species of animalcule of a globular form.
178 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-DAISY.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-DAISY, n. A plant or flower of the genus Globularia.
179 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-FISH.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-FISH, n. A fish of a globular shape, the Ostracion.
180 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-FLOWER.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-FLOWER, n. A plant or flower of the genus Sphaeranthus.