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Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws. Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson.

One who disobeys.

To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. Sir H. Wotton.

One who, or that which, disrobes.

An aqueous solution of carbolic acid, borax, sodium bicarbonate, and glycerin, used as a spray in diseases of the nose and throat.

To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.

To make sober. [Obs.] Sad accidents to ensober his spirits. Jer. Taylor.

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

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.

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

Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.

Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.

See Gobbet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A peanut. [Southern U. S.]

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

Disobedience. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.

Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.]

a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England. "A Jacobean table." C. L. Eastlake.