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  • 121bor|dered — «BR duhrd», adjective. edged; fringed …

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  • 122bor|der|land — «BR duhr LAND», noun. land or area near a border; area forming a border: »Figurative. the borderland between sleeping and waking …

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  • 123bor|der|lights — «BR duhr LYTS», noun (plural). the rows of lights above the scenery in a theater …

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  • 124bor|der|line — «BR duhr LYN», noun, adjective. –n. a dividing line or boundary: »Figurative. the borderline between life and death. –adj. 1. on a dividing line or boundary: »Figurative. He stayed home with a borderline case of mumps but didn t have to go to bed …

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  • 125bor|dure — «BR juhr», noun. a heraldic bearing around the outside of a shield, always a fifth of its surface. ╂[earlier form of border] …

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  • 126Bor|gian — «BR juhn», adjective. characteristic of the Borgias of medieval Italy; involving intrigue and treachery: »a Borgian plot …

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  • 127bor|ough-Eng|lish — «BUR oh IHNG glihsh», noun. a custom in certain parts of England by which an estate passes to the youngest son, or, if there is no son, to the youngest brother …

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  • 128bor|ough|mon|ger — «BUR oh MUHNG guhr, MONG », noun. a person who sold or bought parliamentary seats for boroughs in England (frequent in discussions of parliamentary reform before 1832) …

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