| 单词 | over the border |
| 释义 | > as lemmasover the border b. The boundary line which separates one country from another, the frontier line. on the border: on or close to this line, on either side; hence, in the border district. on the borders of (Wales): close to, the frontier of (Wales). over the border: across the frontier line. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > border district(s) > border(s) frontier1413 limitationa1475 skirt1488 limity1523 rind1530 border1535 ambit1597 verges1680 county line1776 land-board1790 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. xv. B The border northwarde, is from the see coast..and goeth vp vnto Beth Hagla. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iv. 5904 in Wks. (1931) I Thay sall dwell on the bordour Off Hell. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. vii. sig. Cc8v Upon the Borders of two Hostile Nations. a1699 J. Kirkton Hist. J. Welsh (1703) 3 He..Join'd himself to the Thieves on the English Border. 1727 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. III. ii. 197 I am now on the Borders of Scotland. 1815 Encycl. Brit. III. 588 Berwick-upon-Tweed, is a town on the border of England and Scotland, and a county of itself. 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia viii. 181 He takes refuge over the border. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §5. 79 Their inhabitants slain or driven over the Scotch border. < as lemmas |
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