Part 1287

<hw>Bor"der*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place or region.</def>

<blockquote><b>Borderers</b> of the Caspian. <i>Dyer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bordland</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bord"land`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bordar</ets> (or perh. <ets>bord</ets> a board) + <ets>land</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.</def>

<i>Spelman.</i>

<h1>Bordlode</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bord"lode`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bordar</ets> (or perh. <ets>bord</ets> a board) + <ets>lode</ets> leading.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house.</def>

<i>Bailey. Mozley & W.</i>

<h1>Bordman</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bord"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bordar</ets> (or perh. <ets>bord</ets> a board) + <ets>man</ets>.]</ety> <def>A bordar; a tenant in bordage.</def>

<h1>Bordrag, Bordraging</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw><hw>Bord"rag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bord"ra`ging</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. from OE. <ets>bord</ets>, for <ets>border + raging</ets>. Cf. <er>Bodrage</er>.]</ety> <def>An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Bord service</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bord" serv`ice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[<ets>Bordar</ets> (or perh. <ets>bord</ets> a board) + <ets>service</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Service due from a bordar; bordage.</def>

<h1>Bordure</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor"dure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bordure</ets>. See <er>Border</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.</def>

<h1>Bore</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bored</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Boring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>borien</ets>, AS. <ets>borian</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>bora</ets>, Dan. <ets>bore</ets>, D. <ets>boren</ets>, OHG. <ets>por<?/n</ets>, G. <ets>bohren</ets>, L. <ets>forare</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets> to plow, Zend <ets>bar</ets>. &root;91.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; <as>as, to <ex>bore</ex> a plank</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be <b>bored</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; <as>as, to <ex>bore</ex> a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to <ex>bore</ex> a hole.</as></def>

<blockquote>Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can <b>bore</b>, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood. <i>T. W. Harris.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; <as>as, to <ex>bore</ex> one's way through a crowd</as>; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.</def> "What bustling crowds I <i>bored</i>."

<i>Gay.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>bores</b> me with some trick. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Used to come and <b>bore</b> me at rare intervals. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To befool; to trick.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>