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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon the borders of these solitudes. Bentham. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the borders of death. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A narrow flower bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bordered p. pr. & vb. n. Bordering. ] 1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To approach; to come near to; to verge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest. [ 1913 Webster ]

The country is bordered by a broad tract called the “hot region.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To confine within bounds; to limit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That nature, which contemns its origin,
Can not be bordered certain in itself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bordereaux /plu>. [ F. ] A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; as, black-bordered handkerchief. Antonym of unbordered. [ Narrower terms: boxed; deckled, deckle-edged, featheredged; lined; seagirt, sea-girt ] Also See: finite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Borderers of the Caspian. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]