n. [ 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, n., and cf. Bordure. ]
Upon the borders of these solitudes. Bentham. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the borders of death. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Border land,
The Border,
The Borders
Over the border,
v. i.
Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The country is bordered by a broad tract called the “hot region.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
That nature, which contemns its origin,
Can not be bordered certain in itself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
adj. having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term;
n. One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place or region. [ 1913 Webster ]
Borderers of the Caspian. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]