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bor·der / ˈbôrdər/ • n. 1. a line separating two political or geographical areas, esp. countries: Iraq's northern border with Turkey. 2. the edge or boundary of something, or the part near it: the northern border of their distribution area. 3. a band or strip, esp. a decorative one, around the edge of something: put a white border around the picture. • v. [tr.] form an edge along or beside (something): a pool bordered by palm trees. ∎ (of a country or area) be adjacent to (another country or area): regions bordering Azerbaijan. ∎ [intr.] (border on) fig. be close to an extreme condition: Sam arrived in a state of excitement bordering on hysteria. ∎ (usu. be bordered with) provide (something) with a decorative edge: a curving driveway bordered with chrysanthemums. |
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"border." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "border." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-border.html "border." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-border.html |
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border a boundary; especially the Border, the boundary and adjoining districts between Scotland and England, which especially between the 15th and the 17th centuries was a lawless area requiring particular management. The term seems to have originated in Scotland, where the border with England, being the only one it had, became known as the border. The political importance of the Border disappeared after James VI of Scotland inherited the English crown in 1603.
Border States in the US, states such as Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, in which slavery was legal, but which did not secede from the Union during the Civil War. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "border." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "border." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-border.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "border." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-border.html |
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Border, narrow strip of painted cloth, battened at the top edge only, used to hide the top of the stage from the audience. If the lower edge is cut to represent foliage it is known as a Cloud or Tree Border. The use of clouds for masking the top of almost any scene was formerly common (see CLOUDINGS). In Victorian times plain sky borders were sometimes known as Blues. Tails, or Legs, on a border are long vertically hanging extensions at each end, forming with the border an arch over the scene.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Border." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Border." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Border.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Border." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Border.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "border." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "border." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-border.html T. F. HOAD. "border." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-border.html |
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•dodder, fodder, plodder, prodder
•Isolde, solder
•absconder, anaconda, Fonda, Golconda, Honda, nonda, ponder, responder, squander, Wanda, wander, yonder
•hot-rodder
•awarder, boarder, border, defrauder, hoarder, Korda, marauder, order, recorder, sordor, warder
•alder, Balder, Calder
•launder, maunder
•sailboarder • skateboarder
•keyboarder • snowboarder
•camcorder • video recorder
•chowder, Gouda, howdah, Lauda, powder
•bounder, compounder, expounder, flounder, founder, grounder, impounder, pounder, propounder, rounder, sounder
•gunpowder
•Clodagh, coda, coder, exploder, loader, Oder, odour (US odor), pagoda, Rhoda, Sargodha, Schroder, soda, vocoder
•beholder, boulder, folder, holder, moulder (US molder), polder, scolder, shoulder, smoulder (US smolder), upholder, withholder
•cardholder • shareholder
•stakeholder
•freeholder, keyholder
•leaseholder • copyholder
•policyholder • stockholder
•smallholder, stallholder
•householder • freeloader
•avoider, embroider
•joinder • Schadenfreude
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"border." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "border." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-border.html "border." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-border.html |
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