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  • 51border — Within rules applicable to border searches includes not only actual border crossing points but also reasonable extended geographic area in immediate vicinity of crossing point. U.S. v. Warner, C.A.Tex., 441 F.2d 821, 832 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 52border — [14] English acquired border from Old French bordure. This came from the common Romance verb *bordāre ‘border’, which was based on *bordus ‘edge’, a word of Germanic origin whose source, *borthaz, was the same as that of English board in the… …

    Word origins

  • 53border on — {v. phr.} To be adjacent to; come close to; adjoin. * /Our village borders on the Mississippi River./ * /John s actions border on irresponsibility./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 54border on — {v. phr.} To be adjacent to; come close to; adjoin. * /Our village borders on the Mississippi River./ * /John s actions border on irresponsibility./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 55border — The part of a surface that forms its outer boundary. SEE ALSO: edge, margin, b.. SYN: margo [TA]. alveolar b. 1. the most occlusal edge of the alveolar bone; 2. SYN: alveolar process of …

    Medical dictionary

  • 56Border — Recorded in many spelling forms including Board, Boards, Boardman, Border, Boord, Borde, Laborde, Bordes, Bordas, Bordis, Bourdel, and many others, this is a surname which may be either of Olde English or French origins. If the former it derives… …

    Surnames reference

  • 57border on — phr verb Border on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑hysteria, ↑paranoia …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 58border — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. edge, limit, margin, rim; frontier, boundary; trim (See ornament). See nearness, contact, agriculture. Ant., center. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Edge] Syn. margin, hem, trim; see …

    English dictionary for students

  • 59border on — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. lie next to, abut, touch, verge on; see join 3 . II border on (or upon) (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To come near, as in quality or amount: approach, approximate, challenge, rival, verge on. See SAME …

    English dictionary for students

  • 60border — Бордюр (Border)     Украшение в виде полосы (каймы), часто узорной, составленной из отдельных элементов (раппортов). Применяется в акциденции [шрифты крупнокегельного (акцидентного) набора].     Бордюр От фр. bordure – край …

    Шрифтовая терминология