orbed

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The pair seemed lovers, yet absorbed In mental scenes no longer orbed By love’s young rays.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2013

And all those sayings will I over-swear; And all those swearings keep as true in soul, As doth that orbed continent the fire That severs day from night.

From Twelfth Night or, What You Will by Kemble, J P

His eyes were black as night, largely orbed under heavy brows, not lacking a certain wicked splendor.

From Holiday Tales Christmas in the Adirondacks by Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison)

O full and orbed heart, Flee to thy kindred sun, rolling on high!

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

For men of ignoble affection, The social scheme that is, were better far Than the orbed sun's most exquisite perfection, Man needs not heaven till he revolves a star.

From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Oliphant, Laurence