| Border (border) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Bor"der |
| [OE. bordure, F.
bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of
German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming,
ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See Board,
, and cf. Bord |
The
outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin;
verge; brink.
A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the
settled part of a country; a frontier district.
A strip or stripe arranged along or near the
edge of something, as an ornament or finish.
A narrow flower bed.
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| Border (border) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Bor"der |
|
To touch at the edge or
boundary] to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon
as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
To approach; to come near to; to
verge.
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| Border (border) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Bor"der |
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To
make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to
border a garment or a garden.
To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or
be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary;
as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north
by a forest.
To confine within bounds; to limit.
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