Definition of border

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Border (v. t.) 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..

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Limbate :: Limbate (a.) Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another..
Alley :: Alley (n.) A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way..
Verge :: Verge (n.) The edge or outside of a bed or border.
Galloon :: Galloon (n.) A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace..
Box :: Box (n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc..
Border :: Border (n.) The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink..
Circumjacence :: Circumjacence (n.) Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering on every side..
Seacoast :: Seacoast (n.) The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.
Purl :: Purl (n.) An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band..
Tubularian :: Tubularian (n.) Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.
Swallow-tailed :: Swallowtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe..
Vignette :: Vignette (v. t.) To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away..
Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing..
Perciformes :: Perciformes (n. pl.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidae); the pondfishes (Centrarchidae); the sciaenoids (Sciaenidae); the sparoids (Sparidae); the serranoids (Serranidae), and some other related families..
Maritime :: Maritime (a.) Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states..
Lap :: Lap (n.) An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth..
Foray :: Foray (n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid..
Beached :: Beached (p. p. & a.) Bordered by a beach.
Laciniated :: Laciniated (a.) Fringed; having a fringed border.
Oculinacea :: Oculinacea (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles..
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