Glōbe1, n.
n. [Fr. globe, Sp. & It. globo, Lat. globus.] 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equi-distant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
Sense 2. Any thing which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp; a globe of glass, and the like; hence, also, a collection of men or animals closely gathered together. “A globe of fiery seraphim.” Milton.
Sense 3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; — usually preceded by the definite article. Locke.
Sense 4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; called also artificial globe.
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater.
Synonyms—GLOBE, SPHERE, ORB, BALL.—Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies conceived of as thrown or impelled through space.
Thus, roaming with adventurous wing the globe, From scene to scene excursive. Mallet.
Kindly, perhaps, He now afflicts us here, To guide our views to a sublimer sphere. Jenyns.
Thousands of suns beyond each other blaze, Orbs roll o’er orbs, and glow with mutual rays. Jenyns.
What though in solemn silence all Move round this dark terrestrial ball. Addison.