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noun

Border n.

1.

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. "Upon the borders of these solitudes." "In the borders of death."

2.

A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.

3.

A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

4.

A narrow flower bed.

Border land, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; often used figuratively; as, the border land of science.

The Border, The Borders, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent.

Over the border, across the boundary line or frontier.

Synonyms: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine.

verb

Border v. t.

1.

To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.

2.

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. "The country is bordered by a broad tract called the "hot region."" "Shebah and Raamah... border the sea called the Persian gulf."

3.

To confine within bounds; to limit. (Obs.) "That nature, which contemns its origin, Can not be bordered certain in itself."

Border v. i. (past & past part. bordered; pres. part. bordering)

1.

To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

2.

To approach; to come near to; to verge. "Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly."

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Etymology of 'Border'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Border" Quotes from Famous Books

... Robert Bruce. The English governor of Stirling had promised that, if he were not relieved by that date, he would surrender the castle, and Edward II. hastily collected an army in the northern and midland counties of England. Bruce made no attempt to defend the border, and selected his defensive position on the Bannock Burn, 2-1/2 m. S. of Stirling. His front was covered by the marshy bed of the stream, his left flank by its northerly bend towards the Forth, his right ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 - "Banks" to "Bassoon" • Various

... illustrates this and some other points. The blocks of marble are seen to be perfectly rectangular and of uniform length and height. Each end of every block is worked with a slightly raised and well-smoothed border, for the purpose of securing without unnecessary labor a perfectly accurate joint. The shallow holes, III, III, in the upper surfaces are pry-holes, which were of use in prying the blocks into position. The adjustment having been made, contiguous blocks ...

— A History Of Greek Art • F. B. Tarbell

... self-dependence, and all their qualities differing from those of other soldiers; so that by his means one of the most irregular species of warfare has produced a body of irresistible regular soldiers, and border combats have given rise to the most rigid discipline ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IV, No. 22, Aug., 1859 • Various

... the tell-tale scrunching gravel and trod gently on the velvety border of grass that edged the drive. They stole round the house like thieves, and found their way up to Mollie's bedroom. That young lady hopped round on one foot ...

— The Happy Adventurers • Lydia Miller Middleton

... famous lameness, which at first seemed to threaten loss of all use of the right leg. The child was sent to the house of his grandfather, the Whig farmer of Sandyknowe, where he abode for some years under the shadow of Smailholm Tower, reading a little, listening to Border legends a great deal, and making one long journey to London and Bath. This first blessed period of 'making himself'[1] lasted till his eighth year, and ended with a course of sea-bathing at Prestonpans, where he met the original in name and perhaps in nature of Captain Dalgetty, and the original ...

— Sir Walter Scott - Famous Scots Series • George Saintsbury

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