Definition of Orbless

1. lacking an orb [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbless

orbitomeatal plane
orbiton
orbitonasal
orbitonasal index
orbitonometer
orbitonometry
orbitopagus
orbitopathy
orbitosphenoid
orbitosphenoidal
orbitotomy
orbits
orbituary
orbity
orbivirus
orbless (current term)
orblike
orbofiban
orbs
orbulina
orby
orc
orca
orcas
orcein
orceins
orcelite
orchal
orchals
orchanet

Literary usage of Orbless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"Far—far, within the orbless blue, A tiny lustre twinkles thro', With distant and unsteady light, To catch the eye, then mock the sight; Till—as the shades ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"... and the next day he is gone^ to leave the world " orbless, treeless, lifeless " Without any of those ..."

3. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1880)
"Taking pure secularism as chaos, and " Scripture without note or comment," as the prime orbless, rayless protoplasm, we advance gradually but surely through ..."

4. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1842)
"With its teeth .set, and the great orbless eye Revolving darknes?. like eternity. And in hts hand he held it till it grew To liave the fleshy features and ..."

5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"Hie crocodile had its eyes picked out, and his mythology was orbless. Even his coral monkey had lost all its front teeth of gold. Where was this to end, ..."

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