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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Mill :: Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin..
Limbate :: Limbate (a.) Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another..
Turf :: Turf (v. t.) To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace..
Elderly :: Elderly (a.) Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people..
Verge :: Verge (n.) A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre..
Platband :: Platband (n.) A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre; hence, a border..
Trichoptera :: Trichoptera (n. pl.) A suborder of Neuroptera usually having the wings covered with minute hairs. It comprises the caddice flies, and is considered by some to be a distinct order..
Side :: Side (n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc..
Depress :: Depress (a.) Having the middle lower than the border; concave.
Extreme :: Extreme (a.) At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit..
Idolatry :: Idolatry (n.) Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.
Huronian :: Huronian (a.) Of or pertaining to certain non-fossiliferous rocks on the borders of Lake Huron, which are supposed to correspond in time to the latter part of the Archaean age..
Siphonata :: Siphonata (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug..
Redwing :: Redwing (n.) A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird..
Windrow :: Windrow (n.) The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it..
Streetwalker :: Street (a.) Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses..
Foray :: Foray (n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid..
Labial :: Labial (n.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
Marcher :: Marcher (n.) The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.
Pinnatiped :: Pinnatiped (a.) Having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds..
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