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Orbital. [R.]

Orbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. [Obs.] "Orby hours." Chapman.

cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. "Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all." Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. W. Irving.

The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).

Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr.

In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

Absorptiveness.

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. Absorbent ground (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.

One who, or that which, absorbs.

Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- Ab*sorb"ing, adv.

Absorption. [Obs.]

Same as Antorbital.

Counteracting scurvy. -- n.

Antiscorbutic.

Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. -- n.

A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels. Dunglison.

An ornament in a building; a corbel.

An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.