*lobe*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conglobed p. pr. & vb. n. Conglobing. ] [ L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. Conglobate. ] To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then founded, then conglobed
Like things to like. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gun.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flobert rifle, a rifle adapted to the use of floberts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe. ] 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square. [ 1913 Webster ]

Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. --
Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ. --
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine. --
Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. --
Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles. --
Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma. --
Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops. --
Globe valve. (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- 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 concieved of as impelled through space. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Globed p. pr. & vb. n. Globing. ] To gather or form into a globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europæus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers. (b) The American plant Trollius laxus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japan globeflower. See Corchorus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing. -- globe"-trot`ter, n. -- globe"-trot`ting, a. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To infix, as in a globe; to fix or secure firmly. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lobe, Gr. lobo`s. ] Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form; as: (a) (Bot.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf. Gray. (b)(Zool.) A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot. (c) (Anat.) A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of Brain. (b) (Mach.) The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lobe of the ear, the soft, fleshy prominence in which the human ear terminates below, also called the earlobe. See. Illust. of Ear. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (such as the lung or brain). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having lobes; lobate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Lobiped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A small lobe; a lobule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. So called from Lobel, botanist to King James I. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. Lobelia cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of plants not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae.
Syn. -- family Lobeliaceae, lobelia family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. palmatus palmate + E. lobed. ] (Bot.) Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Quadri- + lobe: cf. F. quadrilobé. ] Having four lobes; as, a quadrilobate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quinque- + lobe. ] Same as Quinquelobate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having three lobes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Three-lobed leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts, the sinuses extending not more than half way to the middle, and either the parts of the sinuses being rounded. [ 1913 Webster ]