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(1):

(n.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.

(2):

(n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) An orb or ball.