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Search phrase: border

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC I.iv.51They make in Italy. The borders maritimeThey make in Italy, the Borders Maritime
Henry VH5 I.ii.142Our inland from the pilfering borderers.Our in-land from the pilfering Borderers.
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.vii.80Above the border of this horizon,Aboue the Border of this Horizon,
King Edward IIIE3 I.i.127He made invasion of the bordering towns. He made inuasion on the bordering Townes:
King LearKL IV.ii.33Cannot be bordered certain in itself.

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Glossary

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borderkeep within bounds, contain, confine
borderingon the border
brimedge, border, margin
Dalmatianspeople from ancient Dalmatia, bordering the Adriatic Sea, modern SW Croatia
frontierborder fortress, frontier town
Limbodomain on the border of hell believed to contain the souls of unbaptised infants and of just people born before Christ
listcloth edging, border material
marchborder region, frontier
margentmargin, edge, border
purlieuedge, fringe, border [of forest land]
sedgybordered with rushes, reed-covered
shorelimit, border, bound
skirt(plural) outlying parts, borders, outskirts
valancedrapery making up the border of a bed canopy
wide-skirtedwith wide borders, widely spread out

Thesaurus

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borderbrim
bordermargent
bordershore
borderpurlieu
bordermarch
borderskirt
border fortressfrontier
border materiallist
border, on thebordering
bordered with rushessedgy
borders, with wide wide-skirted
drapery making up the border of a bed canopyvalance
fortress, borderfrontier
hell, border ofLimbo
material, borderlist
region, bordermarch
rushes, bordered withsedgy

Themes and Topics

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World [outside Britain], places and peoples...le from ancient dalmatia balkan region bordering the adriatic sea modern sw croatia ...
... limbo aw v iii 260 domain on the border of hell containing the souls of unbapti...
Latin...imbo (n m ) h8 v iv 63 limbus border region [= limbo] loquitur (v )...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BORDERBASICborder n, border v, bordering adj
BORDERPEOPLEborderer n

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