globeletn.
/ˈɡləʊblᵻt/, U.S. /ˈɡloʊblət/ A small globe, a globule. Also (occasionally): a small oval body.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > sphere > small sphere or globule
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a1718 J. Bulkeley Last-day (1719) ii. 57 Then, in her Hand The shining Globlets weigh'd.
1722 Plotters 19 Patt—n strook the Tube [sc. a pistol] from off its bent, the Globelet Errant thro' the Wainscot went.
1783 tr. C. Linnaeus Syst. Veg. II. xxi. 706 Leaves alternate hearted, globelets spiked.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 199 Like a phosphor globelet in the sea.
1885 R. Noel in Harper's Mag. Apr. 815/2 Where a rainbow globelet crosses.
1931 Greeley (Colorado) Daily Tribune 14 Mar. 3/2 The hen sitting placidly..turning out her daily globelet of health.
1983 J. A. Michener Poland iii. 67 And from another pouch he produced a set of beautifully matched nine globelets of golden amber.
2003 Gulf News (Nexis) 15 Oct. Dr Changkakoti..warned girls..that it is difficult to remove the globelets of silicon gel once injected into the lips.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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