Ōrb'it, n.
n. [Lat. orbita, a track or rut made by a wheel, course, circuit, from orbis, a circle; It. & Sp. orbita, Fr. orbite. See ORB.]
Sense 1. (Astron.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution; as, the orbit of Jupiter or Mercury.
Sense 2. A small orb. [Rare.] “Roll the lucid orbit of an eye.” Young.
Sense 3. (Anat.) The cavity in which the eye is situated.
Sense 4. (Ornith.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.