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To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass. Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. Milton.

To gather into a small round mass.

Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets.

Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.

A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap. Flobert rifle, a rifle adapted to the use of floberts.

A glowworm. {Obs.] Holland.

Having the form of a globe; spherical.

Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.

Shaped like a globe.

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.

Trollius (T. Europæus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers.

Having a round or globular tip.

up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera.

Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical. Milton.

In a globular manner; globularly.

Sphericity. Ray.

Spherical. Milton.

Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms. Milton. Globular chart, a chart of the earth's surface constructed on the principles of the globular projection. -- Globular projection (Map Projection), a perspective projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane…

The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity.

Spherically.