a. Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. --
. (Hort.) A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖a. [ F. ] Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a building where prostitutes are available for hire; a brothel.
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.;