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  • noun Plural form of orb.

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Examples

  • II. i.9 (22,4) [To dew her orbs upon the green] For _orbs_ Dr. Gray is inclined to substitute _herbs_.

    Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746

  • Dearer to me than those orbs is naught, O thou witching-eyed fairy! '

    Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909

  • There was discussion of so-called 'orbs' - balls of light captured on many of today's digital cameras.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • There was discussion of so-called 'orbs' - balls of light captured on many of today's digital cameras.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2009

  • Morrison said, explaining that the photographs revealed several "orbs" - floating bubbles of light - in the hallway, attic and downstairs apartment.

    The Mining Journal 2008

  • For what is the moon, that it haunts us, this impudent companion immigrated from the system’s less fortunate margins, the realm of dust collected in orbs?

    Half Moon, Small Cloud 2006

  • For what is the moon, that it haunts us, this impudent companion immigrated from the system’s less fortunate margins, the realm of dust collected in orbs?

    Half Moon, Small Cloud 2006

  • Reynolds, which owns the Grizzly and Kodiak snuff brands, also markets spit-free tobacco pouches called snus and oval-shaped lozenges called orbs.

    Cigarette Sales May Be Off, But Lorillard Still Rolls On Mike Esterl 2011

  • RANDI: Well, the orbs is a recent development, particularly with digital cameras.

    CNN Transcript May 31, 2004 2004

  • The hue of the orbs was the most brilliant of black, and, far over them, hung jetty lashes of great length.

    Famous Modern Ghost Stories Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev 1895

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