Definition of "globule"

Suppoſe now that in a fair Day the Sun ſhines through a thin Cloud of ſuch globules of Water or Hail, and that the globules are all of the ſame bigneſs […]

1704, Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, 3rd edition, London: W. and J. Innys, published 1721, page 289

A civilized hotel is a little urban globule floating like scum on a rustic pool.

1926, C. E. M. Joad, The Babbitt Warren, London: Trubner & Co, page 19

They described the eggs as spherical in shape, highly transparent with a thin, horny egg membrane and a relatively wide perivitelline space. Each egg contained a single oil globule.

1991, Dean W. Ahrenholz, “Population Biology and Life History of the North American Menhadens, Brevoortia spp.”, in Marine Fisheries Review‎, archived from the original on 5 January 2021, page 9

Mature female black rockfish and newborn (inset), which sports an oil globule (arrow) - its prepacked lunch. Older moms give young a bigger starting meal, boosting the offsprings'[sic] growth and survival.

2005 June 4, Janet Raloff, “Empty Nets: Fisheries may be crippling themselves by targeting the big ones”, in Science News‎