a. Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- Ab*sorb"ing, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Absorption. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Anat.) Same as Antorbital. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + orbital. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated in, the region of the front of the orbit. -- n. The antorbital bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n.; pl. Corbies [ F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven. ] 1. (Zool.) The raven. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corbie crow, the carrion crow. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. capable of absorbing energy; as, energy-absorbing bumpers reduce injury and damage in vehicle collisions. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See Euphorrium. ] (Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.

{ } a. (Bot.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.

{ } n. (Med.) A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. euphorbeum, from Gr. &unr_;; -- so called after Euphorbus, a Greek physician. ] (Med.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifera. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands. “A curb to your exorbitancies.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See Orbit. ] 1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foul exorbitant desires. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jews . . . [ were ] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L.exorbitatus, p. p. of exorbitare. See Exorbitant. ] To go out of the track; to deviate. [ Obs. ] Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Forbade p. p. Forbidden Forbid, [ Obs. ]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding ] [ OE. forbeden, AS. forbeódan; pref. for- + beódan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbjōða, forboða, Sw. förbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t. ] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. [ 1913 Webster ]

More than I have said . . .
The leisure and enforcement of the time
Forbids to dwell upon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have I not forbid her my house? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To accurse; to blast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall live a man forbid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To defy; to challenge. [ Obs. ] L. Andrews.

Syn. -- To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. “I did not or forbid.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How hast thou yield to transgress
The strict forbiddance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prohibited; interdicted. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forbidden fruit. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forbids. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Syn. -- Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent.

-- For*bid"ding*ly, adv. -- For*bid"ding*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydro-, 2 + sorbic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + orbital. ] (Anat.) Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. morbidus, fr. morbus disease; prob. akin to mori to die: cf. F. morbide, It. morbido. See Mortal. ] 1. Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, a morbid condition; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. “Her sick and morbid heart.” Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Indicating an unhealthy mental attitude or disposition; especially, abnormally gloomy, to an extent not justified by the situation; preoccupied with death, disease, or fear of death; as, a morbid interest in details of a disaster. [ PJC ]

4. Gruesome; as, a morbid topic. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Diseased; sickly; sick. -- Morbid, Diseased. Morbid is sometimes used interchangeably with diseased, but is commonly applied, in a somewhat technical sense, to cases of a prolonged nature; as, a morbid condition of the nervous system; a morbid sensibility, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., softness, delicacy. See Morbid. ] 1. (Fine Arts) Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy. Ludden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being morbid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Morbid quality; disease; sickness. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Amount of disease; rate of sickness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a morbid manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. morbus disease + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. morbifique. See -fy. ] Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. morbilli measles, dim. of L. morbus disease: cf. F. morbilleux. ] Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a light two-wheeled vehicle containing a motor for propulsion. It is lighter in construction and has a lower speed than a motorcycle. [ PJC ]

2. Specifically: a small motorcycle with a low frame and small weels and elevated handlebars.
Syn. -- minibike. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Specifically: a bicyle with a motor attached for propulsion. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. orbicus, or orbitus, fr. orbis orb. ] Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb. ] A small orb, or sphere. [ Obs. ] G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Orbicle. ] (Zool.) Same as Discina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire. ] Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orbicular as the disk of a planet. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. orbiculatus. See Orbicular. ] Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orbiculate leaf (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly circular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel, course, circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d Orb. ] 1. (Astron.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An orb or ball. [ Rare & Improper ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an orbit. “Orbital revolution.” J. D. Forbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orbital index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the vertical height to the transverse width of the orbit, which is taken as the standard, equal to 100. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. orbitaire. ] Orbital. [ R. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. orbis an orb + tela a web. ] (Zool.) A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ NL. See Orbit, and -lite. ] (Zool.) A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Orbit + nasal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the orbit and the nose; as, the orbitonasal, or ophthalmic, nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Orbit + sphenoid. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone. -- n. The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Orbital. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]