unglobed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ globed

Adjective

unglobed (not comparable)

  1. Not enclosed in a globe.
    • 1898, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill Magazine, volume 78, page 515:
      I read them by the light of the unglobed gas; the clear, fine penmanship was legible as print, and when I came to the end I cursed the anecdote of the French authors.
    • 2001, Allen Kurzweil, A Case of Curiosities:
      She whipped up the cards on the floor, extinguished an unglobed candle, and ruffled open the pages of Claude's copybook.
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