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conterminant, a. and n.|kənˈtɜːmɪnənt|
[ad. L. conterminānt-em, pr. pple. of contermināre: see conterminate.]
A.
†1. = conterminous 1. Obs.
1640Howell Dodona's Gr. 43 The great emporiall Tamisond with her suburbian and conterminent fabrickes.
2. Terminating together (in time). nonce-use.
1833Lamb Elia Ser. ii. (1860) 268 If haply your dates of life were conterminant.
B. n. pl. Persons whose lands march together.
1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey ii. ii. 50 Sometimes this Compound Boundage implies a mutuall propertie or duety participable to the Conterminants, as bancking, balking, dyking, etc. |