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 the Book in which His life shines orbed and distinct is the world's treasure.

From Heart's-ease by Brooks, Phillips

"A golden axle did the work uphold, Gold was the beam, the wheels were orbed with gold: The spokes in rows of silver pleased the sight, The seat with parti-coloured gems was bright."

From Heathen Mythology by Various

A man of splendid abilities and polished manners, dressed and deporting himself like a gentleman, as he was, he shone among the lesser lights which orbed about him, a star of the first magnitude.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry

He himself looked out, out through the swirling storm which tore at the crest of the Himalayas, a dark and forbidding Outside, in the starred dome of which rode the pale orbed moon!

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 by Bates, Harry