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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
bordered \bor"dered\ adjective having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; as, black-bordered handkerchief. Antonym of {unbordered}. [Narrower terms: {boxed}; {deckled, deckle-edged, featheredged}; {lined}; {seagirt, sea-girt}] Also See: {finite}. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Border \Bor"der\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bordered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bordering}.]
1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
2. To approach; to come near to; to verge.
Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. --Abp. Tillotson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bordered
adjective: having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; "black-bordered handkerchief" [ant: {unbordered}]
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