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141 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHART.2 (Noah Webster)
… the globe, in which the meridians are supposed parallel to each other, the parallels of latitude at equal distances, and of course the degrees of latitude …
142 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CIRCUMNAVIGATE.1 (Noah Webster)
CIRCUMNAVIGATE, v.t. To sail round; to pass round by water; as, to circumnavigate the globe.
143 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CLUTCH.4 (Noah Webster)
3. To seize, or grasp; as, to clutch the globe at a grasp.
144 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONGLOBATE.1 (Noah Webster)
… . See Globe .] Formed or gathered into a ball. A conglobate gland is a single or lymphatic gland, a small smooth body, covered in a fine skin, admitting only an artery …
145 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COUCH.18 (Noah Webster)
The waters couch themselves, as close as may be, to the center of the globe.
146 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DAISY.1 (Noah Webster)
DAISY, n. A plant of the genus Bellis, of several varieties. The blue daisy belongs to the genus Globularia, as does the globe daisy; the greater or ox-eye daisy belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum; and the middle daisy, to the Doronicum.
147 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EARTH.2 (Noah Webster)
… the globe, but more particularly the particles which form the fine mold on the surface of the globe; or it denotes any indefinite mass or portion of that matter …
148 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EARTH.4 (Noah Webster)
… terraqueous globe which we inhabit. The earth is nearly spherical, but a little flatted at the poles, and hence its figure is called an oblate spheroid. It is …
149 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EARTH.6 (Noah Webster)
5. The inhabitants of the globe.
150 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EARTH.10 (Noah Webster)
7. Country; region; a distinct part of the globe.
151 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.
152 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENCOMPASS.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To go or sail round; as Drake encompassed the globe.
153 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.
154 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 …
155 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 …
156 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.
157 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.
158 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EYEBALL.1 (Noah Webster)
EYEBALL, n. The ball, globe or apple of the eye.
159 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 …
160 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.