Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BORD'ER, v.t.

1. To make a border; to adorn with a border of ornaments; as, to border a garment or a garden.
2. To reach to; to touch at the edge or end; to confine upon; to be contiguous to. Sheba and Raamah border the Persian gulf. – Ralegh.
3. To confine within bounds to limit. [Not used.] – Shak.