Entertainment / Literature / Border: In medieval manuscripts, a border is, as Kathleen Scott puts it, 'A type of book decoration placed around one to four sides of the justification [writing space] in order to distinguish and decorate main divisions of the text, usually more elaborate on the first page and/or Table of Contents page, also used around miniature frames' (Scott 370).
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Border Noun Synonyms: edge, margin, hem, binding, trimming, trim, edging, periphery, purfle, purfling
Border Verb Synonyms: edge, trim, bind, fringe, purfle
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Science / Biology / Brush Border: The collection of microvilli forming a border on the intestinal side of the epithelial cells of the small intestine. MORE
Business / Finance / Cross-Border Risk: The exchange rate between two currencies expressed as the ratio of two foreign exchange rates that are both expressed in terms of a third currency. Foreign exchange rate between two currencies other t MORE
Health / Pilates / Parallel Stance: When the feet, ankles, knees, and legs are aligned directly under the hip joints, with the toes pointing forward. For most people, the inner borders of the big toes will be 4 to 6 inches apart in para MORE