a. [f. SPHERE sb. + -LESS.] a. Having no proper sphere; wandering. b. Displaying no spheres; orbless, starless.

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1819.  Shelley, Masque of Anarchy, lxxviii. Let the horsemen’s scimitars Wheel and flash, like sphereless stars.

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1870–4.  J. Thomson, City Dreadf. Nt., III. i. When the night its sphereless mantle wears.

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