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border
  1. The outer edge of something.
  2. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
  3. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  4. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
  5. (Britain) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
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    1. “From this plateau, the cleaner lines of the southwest ridge continue to the summit, forming the border of the south face on its left side.”
      “Yet a troubling increase has come by way of the Black Sea, which borders Bulgaria on the East, and the Danube River, which forms its northern border with Romania.”
      “The goddess on the right wears a girdle round the waist and a border on her skirt, which are characteristic of the same period.”
borderline
  1. A boundary or accepted division; a border.
  2. An individual who has borderline personality disorder.
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    1. “A company of soldiers, a division of the regiment stationed by the borderline of the town, began securing positions at the grounds by the perimeter of the cemetery.”
      “Most of the time, this inner dialogue is running right on the borderline of your conscious thought.”
      “Bar owners complain of unfair business when they are located on the borderline between smoking and non-smoking.”
borderer
  1. A person who resides near a border.
  2. A soldier of a border regiment in the British Army (Border Regiment, South Wales Borderers, King's Own Scottish Borderers).
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    1. “The borderer relied on their frontier skills to navigate the vast wilderness near the border, showcasing their self-reliance in every endeavor.”
      “Sir Walter Scott may be the father of the historical novel but on this evidence his fellow borderer, Michael Scott, was a man ahead of his time.”
      “Luckily for the borderer a pal rushed up and saved him by settling the Turk.”
borderspace
  1. (matrixial theory) A space between conceptual borders such as culturally-imposed binaries.
borderwork
  1. The exploration of conceptual borders and borderspaces.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Nevertheless, the calligraphy and borderwork are the best parts of his performance.”
bordraging
  1. (obsolete) An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid.
borderstone
  1. A stone marking a border or boundary
borderlinking
  1. (matrixial theory) The linking together of borderspaces.
borderland
  1. Land near a border; marches.
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    1. “Uruguay was created in an underpopulated borderland between Brazil and Argentina.”
      “Sonia's husband, a coyote, relied on his borderland knowledge to track her after she fled across the border.”
      “The rolling, gentle hills of the borderland of Northern Ireland transform on the turn of a bend into rugged, exposed crags.”
bordure
  1. (heraldry) A contrasting border around a shield.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Or, a lion adumbrated, debruised by two bendlets azure, all within a bordure compony argent and gules.”
      “When used in an impaled coat the bordure is not continued around the inner side.”
      “The client might consider counterchanging the tinctures of the field, or using a bordure.”
borderlineness
  1. The quality of being borderline.
bordering
  1. A pattern or ornament forming a border.
borderlessness
  1. Absence of borders.
borderspaces
  1. plural of borderspace
borderstones
  1. plural of borderstone
borderlines
  1. plural of borderline
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    1. “In essays, interviews, and prefaces to his own work, he explored the problematic borderlines between historical fact and novelistic invention.”
      “Hopefully all will end up as members and the past borderlines will loose their significance.”
      “The most effective layout for a CV is one that clearly defines each section of the CV using bold headings and borderlines between each section.”
bordragings
  1. plural of bordraging
borderlands
  1. plural of borderland
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  3. Examples:
    1. “His policies in the borderlands were essentially conservative, although his Welsh birth and descent were an advantage in his dealings with Wales.”
      “Their continued presence in the borderlands demonstrates that the use of the border to mark nationality remained incomplete.”
      “These foot soldiers were spread throughout the borderlands of the Empire to protect from invasion and secure against revolts.”
borderings
  1. plural of bordering
borderers
bordures
  1. plural of bordure
  2. Examples:
    1. “The bordures themselves were often dimidiated or even quartered and various lines of partition were used, so that the inside of the bordure might be engrailed or wavy.”
      “The rule is also disregarded entirely as regards augmentations and Scottish cadency bordures.”
      “Les Animaux Symboliques Dans Les Bordures Des Tapisseries Bruxelloises au 16e Siecle.”
borders
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