borderingn.
/ˈbɔːdərɪŋ/ 1. The state of being on the border of, or close to, anything.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity > bordering
bounding1552
bordering1580
confining1599
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > that which forms the edge or border
lista700
edge1502
borderc1540
verge1573
skirt1576
brim?1610
limb1644
edging1684
bordure1691
bordage1860
bordering1862
rimming1868
skirting1872
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Abordement, an arriuing or bordering.
1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 71 A kerb or bordering of stones.
2. The action of making a border to; an edging; = border n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > bordering or edging
fasc950
wloc950
hemc1000
hemminga1300
borderc1374
mill1388
purfling1388
orphrey?a1425
wainc1440
millc1450
selvage1481
edge1502
bordering1530
screed1788
German hemming1838
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > trimming > bordering or edging
purfling1388
bordering1530
edging1580
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 200/1 Bordering of a garment, brodevre.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxi. 246 The figurings and chasings and borderings of a dress.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
bordering-wax n. a composition used to form a border to keep in the acid employed to bite into a plate for engraving.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > engraving tools > other equipment
oil rubber?1790
rubber1816
bordering-wax1878
1878 G. A. Sala in Gentleman's Mag. May 561 Bordering-wax is softened in warm water until it is thoroughly ductile.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
borderingadj.
1. That borders upon; adjoining, neighbouring, on the border; also figurative.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > bordering
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costeianta1393
coastingc1400
marching?a1425
bordering1530
finitimate1578
confining1605
confronting1614
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 306/2 Bordring to the seesyde, maritain.
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Eiiiv Daughter I am vnto a bordering Swaine, That tend my flocks within these shady groues.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. §70. 117 A plague..fell upon Bizantium and the bordering places.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 42 The bordering states must imitate the example.
2. That borders, forms a border, or encloses.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [adjective] > forming an edge or border
borderinga1676
skirtingc1735
siding1850
fringing1888
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iv. 163 The bordering Mountains of China.
1720 J. Gay Rural Sports i, in Poems I. 16 The bord'ring reeds O'erlook the muddy stream.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner ii. 25 A man could cross the bordering heights.
3. Of or pertaining to a border district.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [adjective] > border (district)
frontier1523
finitivec1550
limitany1611
bordering1612
1612 J. Davies Discov. Causes Ireland (1747) 41 They made only a bordering war upon the Irish.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. iii. iv. 155 Sent from the governor of Berwick about bordering affairs.
1724 A. Ramsay Johnie Armstrong in Ever-green note Taking much Plunder in the bordering Parts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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