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161 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 …
162 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.
163 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 …
164 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBATE.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBATE, GLOBATED, a. [L. globatus.] Having the form of a globe; spherical; spheroidal.
165 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE, n. [L. globus; Eng. clew. See Clew .]
166 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.
167 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE.6 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE, v.t. To gather round or into a circle.
168 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-AMARANTH.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-AMARANTH, n. A plant of the genus Gomphrena. [See Amaranth .]
169 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-ANIMAL.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-ANIMAL, n. A species of animalcule of a globular form.
170 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-DAISY.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-DAISY, n. A plant or flower of the genus Globularia.
171 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-FISH.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-FISH, n. A fish of a globular shape, the Ostracion.
172 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-FLOWER.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-FLOWER, n. A plant or flower of the genus Sphaeranthus.
173 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-RANUNCULUS.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-RANUNCULUS, n. A plant, the Trollius europaeus.
174 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBE-THISTLE.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBE-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Echinops.
175 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GLOBOSE.1 (Noah Webster)
GLOBOSE, a. [L. globosus, from globe.]
176 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.
177 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.
178 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GNOMON.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The gnomon of a globe, is the index of the hour-circle.
179 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 …
180 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEDGEHOG.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The globe-fish, orbis echinatus.