Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Alternative letter-case form of Globe (“the earth”)
verb
To become spherical. · To make spherical.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe eyeball. · A spherical model of Earth or of another planet. · A part of a device, often a lamp. · A light bulb.
From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.
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