Lewis Short
glŏmus | glōm- (noun N) : (, Lucr. 1, 360; v. Lachm.), , for glob-mus, kindr. with globus
* A ball or clue of yarn, thread, etc. (very rare).
* In gen.: lanae,Lucr. 1, 360 (v. Lachm. ad h. l.); Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 14: lini,Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: staminis albi,Scrib. Comp. 142.
* In partic.: glomus in sacris crustulum cymbi figura ex oleo coctum appellatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll. (in Cato and Varro globus).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary