‖n. [ G. ] See Legislature, Austria, Prussia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] Manner of approaching or accosting; address. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. aborder, à (L. ad) + bord rim, brim, or side of a vessel. See Border, Board. ] To approach; to accost. [ Obs. ] Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. acord, accord, OF. acort, acorde, F. accord, fr. OF. acorder, F. accorder. See Accord, v. t. ] 1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mediator of an accord and peace between them. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

These all continued with one accord in prayer. Acts i. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those sweet accords are even the angels' lays. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap. Lev. xxv. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of his own accord he went unto you. 2 Cor. vii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, bars a suit. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

With one accord, with unanimity. [ 1913 Webster ]

They rushed with one accord into the theater. Acts xix. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accorded; p. pr. & vb. n. According. ] [ OE. acorden, accorden, OF. acorder, F. accorder, fr. LL. accordare; L. ad + cor, cordis, heart. Cf. Concord, Discord, and see Heart. ] 1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; -- followed by to. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her hands accorded the lute's music to the voice. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or controversies. [ 1913 Webster ]

When they were accorded from the fray. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

All which particulars, being confessedly knotty and difficult can never be accorded but by a competent stock of critical learning. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. “According his desire.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy actions to thy words accord. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To agree in pitch and tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. acordable, F. accordable. ] 1. Agreeing. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reconcilable; in accordance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. acordance. ] Agreement; harmony; conformity. “In strict accordance with the law.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Harmony; unison; coincidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Accordance. [ R. ] Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. acordant, F. accordant. ] Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accords, assents, or concedes. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. “This according voice of national wisdom.” Burke. “Mind and soul according well.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ According to has been called a prepositional phrase, but strictly speaking, according is a participle in the sense of agreeing, acceding, and to alone is the preposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

According as, precisely as; the same as; corresponding to the way in which. According as is an adverbial phrase, of which the propriety has been doubted; but good usage sanctions it. See According, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is all things well,
According as I gave directions? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised. Ex. xii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Accordingly; correspondingly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In natural sequence; consequently; so. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. -- Accordingly, Consequently, indicate a connection between two things, the latter of which is done on account of the former. Accordingly marks the connection as one of simple accordance or congruity, leading naturally to the result which followed; as, he was absent when I called, and I accordingly left my card; our preparations were all finished, and we accordingly set sail. Consequently all finished, and we accordingly set sail. Consequently marks a closer connection, that of logical or causal sequence; as, the papers were not ready, and consequently could not be signed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Accord. ] (Mus.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A player on the accordion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. acordement. See Accord, v. ] Agreement; reconcilement. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Afforded; p. pr. & vb. n. Affording. ] [ OE. aforthen, AS. geforðian, forðian, to further, accomplish, afford, fr. forð forth, forward. The prefix ge- has no well defined sense. See Forth. ] 1. To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age. [ 1913 Webster ]

His tuneful Muse affords the sweetest numbers. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quiet lanes . . . afford calmer retreats. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. [ 1913 Webster ]

The merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be afforded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything given as a help; bestowal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 2d back, n. + sword. ] 1. A sword with one sharp edge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order that bans something. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To act the lord over. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To address by the title of “lord”. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or or . A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Good will; good fellowship; agreement. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Board, n. ] 1. A board; a table. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bourd. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. bordagium. ] The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. bordarius, fr. borda a cottage; of uncertain origin. ] A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cottar, the bordar, and the laborer were bound to aid in the work of the home farm. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. -- n. A claret wine from Bordeaux. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Hort.) A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖a. [ F. ] Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a building where prostitutes are available for hire; a brothel.
Syn. -- whorehouse, whore house, brothel, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, bawdy house, cathouse, sporting house. [ PJC + WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon the borders of these solitudes. Bentham. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the borders of death. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A narrow flower bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Border land, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science. --
The Border,
The Borders, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. --
Over the border, across the boundary line or frontier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bordered p. pr. & vb. n. Bordering. ] 1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To approach; to come near to; to verge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest. [ 1913 Webster ]

The country is bordered by a broad tract called the “hot region.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To confine within bounds; to limit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That nature, which contemns its origin,
Can not be bordered certain in itself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bordereaux /plu>. [ F. ] A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; as, black-bordered handkerchief. Antonym of unbordered. [ Narrower terms: boxed; deckled, deckle-edged, featheredged; lined; seagirt, sea-girt ] Also See: finite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place or region. [ 1913 Webster ]

Borderers of the Caspian. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + land. ] (O. Eng. Law) Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table. Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + lode leading. ] (O. Eng. Law) The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house. Bailey. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + man. ] A bordar; a tenant in bordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Perh. from OE. bord, for border + raging. Cf. Bodrage. ] An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + service. ] (O. Eng. Law) Service due from a bordar; bordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bordure. See Border, n. ] (Her.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged. [ 1913 Webster ]