ORB  , a circle or See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring (See also:

• LAT

Lat. orbis), hence a globe or disk or other spherical See also:

• OBJECT

object . It is thus used, chiefly poetically, of any of the heavenly bodies, including the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth itself (Lat. orbis terrarum), or of the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye-See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball or eye . The " orb," also known as the " See also:

• MOUND

mound " (Lat. mundus, " See also:

• WORLD

world "), consisting of a globe surmounted by a See also:

• CROSS

cross, forms See also:

• PART

part of many See also:

• REGALIA (Lat. regalis, royal, from rex, king)

regalia, being a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty (see REGALIA) . In See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture the meaning to be attached to the word " orb " is doubtful . It is usually now taken to mean properly a See also:

• BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

blank or See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind window, and thence a blank See also:

• PANEL (O. Fr. panel, mod. panneau, piece of cloth, from Med. Lat. pannellus, diminutive of pannus, cloth)

panel . If so the word represents Lat. orbus, " bereft of," " orphaned," fenestra orba luminis . It is also identified with a circular See also:

• BOSS

boss concealing the intersection of See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches in a vault .