A boundary or limit. Obsolete. rare.
| 单词 | θ101407 |
| 释义 | the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] (185) goalc1350 A boundary or limit. Obsolete. rare. bounda1387 The boundary line of a territory or estate; gen. a limit or boundary, that to which anything extends in space. list1389 A limit, bound, boundary. Often plural. Obsolete. finea1400 The extreme part or limit of anything; a boundary. Also figurative: an extreme case or measure. Obsolete. frontier1413 singular and plural. The part of a country which fronts or faces another country; the marches; the border or extremity conterminous with that of… enda1425 A boundary. In plural territorial boundaries. Obsolete. limit1439 A boundary, frontier; an object serving to define a boundary, a landmark. Now spec.: a boundary or terminal point considered as confining or… buttal1449 A territorial limit; a boundary. Also: a boundary marker. Now rare (English regional (Somerset and Lincolnshire) in later use). headroom1462 Scottish. The boundary portion of a piece of land; the outer or marginal strip of a holding of arable land, typically where it adjoins common… band1470 = bound, n.1, limit. mete?1473 A boundary or limit (material or immaterial); a boundary stone or mark. Usually (now only) (chiefly Law) metes and bounds. Also figurative. buttinga1475 A boundary, a border, a limit. Also figurative. bounder1505 A limit, a boundary; a landmark: probably a corruption of boundure, n., taken as bounder ‘that which bounds’. archaic or dialect. pale?a1525 figurative. A limit, a boundary; a restriction; a defence, a safeguard. Frequently in to break (also leap) the pale: to go beyond accepted bounds; to… butrelle1546 Apparently a compositorial error for buttelles (plural), variant of buttal, n. Cf. botraille, n. scantlet1547 ? A limit, boundary. limesa1552 Boundary. divisec1575 Boundary; plural bounds. meta1587 A boundary or boundary-marker; (Roman History) either of the markers, typically consisting of three conical structures, situated at each end of the… line1595 A limit, boundary; more fully, line of demarcation. to draw the line (see draw, v. phrases 9); also, with similar meaning, to†lay, form a line. to run… marginc1595 An extremity or furthermost part of something. Obsolete. rare. closure1597 more generally: Bound, limit, circuit. Obsolete. Rubicon1613 In allusive use, with reference to to cross (also pass) the Rubicon at phrases: a boundary, a limit; esp. one which once crossed entails… bournea1616 A bound, a limit. (Approaching 3.) archaic. boundary1626 That which serves to indicate the bounds or limits of anything whether material or immaterial; also the limit itself. boundure1634 A bounding or limiting, limitation; limit or bound. Cf. bounder, n.1 4. verge1660 With a and plural. A limit or bound; a limiting or bounding belt or strip. Somewhat rare. terminary1670 A limit; a boundary, a border. Obsolete. meta1838 Orkney and Shetland. A boundary or limit; a boundary stone or mark. Cf. meith, n. 1a 1b, mete, n.1 2. Subcategories:— specifically of something immaterial (2) — fact of having (1) — action or fact of bounding (4) — lateral boundary (2) — bounding line or surface (11) — enclosing boundary (14) — boundary point (3) — boundary which must not be passed (2) — boundary which cannot be passed (4) — utmost or extreme boundary (8) — land-boundary (94) — determination of boundary (10) — area contained within limits (1) |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。