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To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace. A. Tucker.

Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.

Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.

Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type.

The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

inus). It has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar spines covering the body of the shell. Called also Venus's shell. -- Venus's fan (Zoöl.), a common reticulated, fanshaped gorgonia (Gorgonia flabellum) native of Florida and the West Indies. When fres…

Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; -- said of a border.

A border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent. Even though we go to the extreme verge of possibility to invent a supposition favorable to it, the theory . . . implies an absurdity. J. S. Mill. But on the horizon's verge descried, Hangs, touched with light, one snowy…

To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.

Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge.

A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish.

The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. There is a wait of three hours at the border Mexican town of El Paso. S. B. Griffin.

To make war upon; to fight. [R.] To war the Scot, and borders to defend. Daniel.

A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.

nd Tasmania. Their hind legs are strong and their toes partially webbed. They live on the borders of streams, and swim well. They are remarkable as being the only rodents found in Australia.

Undulating on the border or surface; waved.

The side of the way; the edge or border of a road or path.

A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning. Goldsmith.

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it; as;

the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west. This shall be your west border. Num. xxxiv. 6. West end, the fashionable part of London, commencing from the east, at Charing Cross.