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Bo"ra*cous (&?;), a. (Chem.) Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.

Bor"age (&?;), n. [OE. borage (cf. F. bourrache, It. borraggine, borrace, LL. borago, borrago, LGr. &?;), fr. LL. borra, F. bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves.] (Bot.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.

Bor"age*wort` (&?;), n. Plant of the Borage family.

Bo*rag`i*na"ceous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceæ) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.

Bor`a*gin"e*ous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.

Bor"a*mez (&?;), n. See Barometz.

Bo"rate (&?;), n. [From Boric.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.

Bo"rax (&?;), n. [OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b&?;rag, fr. Pers. b&?;rah.] A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.

Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead, n., 3.

Bor"bo*rygm (&?;), n. [F. borborygme, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to rumble in the bowels.] (Med.) A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels. Dunglison.

Bord (&?;), n. [See Board, n.] 1. A board; a table. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Mining) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.

Bord (&?;), n. See Bourd. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bord"age (&?;), n. [LL. bordagium.] The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.

Bord"ar (&?;), n. [LL. bordarius, fr. borda a cottage; of uncertain origin.] A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier.

The cottar, the bordar, and the laborer were bound to aid in the work of the home farm. J. R. Green.

Bor*deaux" (&?;), a. Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. -- n. A claret wine from Bordeaux.

{ Bor"del (&?;), Bor*del"lo (&?;), } n. [F. bordel, orig. a little hut, OF. borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. board, n. See Board, n.] A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

||Bor`de*lais" (&?;), a. [F.] Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.

Bor"del*ler (&?;), n. A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [Obs.] Gower.

Bor"der (&?;), 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.] 1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

Upon the borders of these solitudes. Bentham.

In the borders of death. Barrow.

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.

Syn. -- Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine.