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At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

er human sight or observation. (c) To come within; to be ranged or reckoned with; to be subordinate to in the way of classification; as, these substances fall under a different class or order. -- To fall upon. (a) To attack. [See To fall on.] (b) To attempt; to have recourse to. "I do not intend to fall upon nice disq…

rtains the taste or caprice without much use or value. London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer.

To go; to pass; to journey; to travel. So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton.

A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Wilder.

Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland.

tch fiddle, the itch. (Low) -- To play first, or second, fiddle, to take a leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]

which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders.

A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.

A fringe, or fringed border.

Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube.

Having a fringed border; fimbriate.

To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon. Stately colonnades are flanked with trees. Pitt.

A border worked with flowers. Wright.

Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc. W. Savage.

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser. The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson.

(Zoöl.), the European white or sharpnosed skate (Raia alba); -- called also Burton skate, border ray, scad, and doctor.

A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consisting sometimes of projecting ends, twisted or plaited together, and sometimes of loose threads of wool, silk, or linen, or nar…

Encircling like a fringe; bordering. [R.] "The fringent air." Emerson.