Bord (&?;), n. See Bourd. [Obs.] Spenser.
Bord"age (&?;), n. [LL. bordagium.] The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.
Bord"ar (&?;), n. [LL. bordarius, fr. borda a cottage; of uncertain origin.] A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier.
The cottar, the bordar, and the laborer were bound to aid in the work of the home farm.
J. R. Green.
Bor*deaux" (&?;), a. Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. -- n. A claret wine from Bordeaux.
{ Bor"del (&?;), Bor*del"lo (&?;), } n. [F. bordel, orig. a little hut, OF. borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. board, n. See Board, n.] A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
||Bor`de*lais" (&?;), a. [F.] Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.
Bor"del*ler (&?;), n. A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [Obs.] Gower.
Bor"der (&?;), n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See Board, n., and cf. Bordure.] 1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
Upon the borders of these solitudes.
Bentham.
In the borders of death.
Barrow.
2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.