Part 1286

<hw><hw>Bor"del</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bor*del"lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bordel</ets>, orig. a little hut, OF. <ets>borde</ets> hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. <ets>board</ets>,<tt>n.</tt>See. <er>Board</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Bordelais</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor`de*lais"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.</def>

<h1>Bordeller</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor"del*ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Border</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bordure</ets>, F. <ets>bordure</ets>, fr. <ets>border</ets> to border, fr. <ets>bord</ets> a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. <ets>borte</ets> trimming, ribbon; akin to E. <ets>board</ets> in sense 8. See <er>Board</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Bordure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.</def>

<blockquote>Upon the <b>borders</b> of these solitudes. <i>Bentham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In the <b>borders</b> of death. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A narrow flower bed.</def>

<cs><col>Border land</col>, <cd>land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the <i>border land<i> of science.</cd> -- <mcol><col>The Border</col>, <col>The Borders</col></mcol>, <cd>specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent.</cd> -- <col>Over the border</col>, <cd>across the boundary line or frontier.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine.</syn>

<h1>Border</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor"der</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bordered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bordering</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i> as, Connecticut <i>borders</i> on Massachusetts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To approach; to come near to; to verge.</def>

<blockquote>Wit which <b>borders</b> upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. <i>Abp. Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Border</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor"der</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; <as>as, to <ex>border</ex> a garment or a garden</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, the region <ex>borders</ex> a forest, or is <ex>bordered</ex> on the north by a forest</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The country is <b>bordered</b> by a broad tract called the "hot region." <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Shebah and Raamah . . . <b>border</b> the sea called the Persian gulf. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To confine within bounds; to limit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>That nature, which contemns its origin, Can not be <b>bordered</b> certain in itself. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Borderer</h1> <Xpage=167>