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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bordour, v. Also: bordor, -owr. [ME. bordure, bourdur (c 1400), from Bordour, n.]

1. tr. To furnish with a border; to serve as a border to (a garment, etc.).Freq. in the p.p., bordourit with.(1) 1492 Treas. Acc. I. 200.
To bordour a spwne abowte, iij vnicornis 1503 Treas. Acc. II. 211.
For iiij elne wellus to bordour and begary the samyn [cloak] 1533 Ib. X. 202.
Half ane elne blak welwote to bordour ane waskyne of quhite dalmes 1567 Fleming Q. Mary 511.
Pasmentis of gold to bordour the said goune 1569 Treas. Acc. MS. 235.
Blak weluote to bordour ane trailȝe cloke(2) 1436 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 142.]
[Vnus mantellus … borderatus cum ly veluate ?1438 Alex. i. 1216.
His scheild was bordouret richely With gold and asure halely a1500 Rauf C. 462.
His basnet was bordourit … With stanis of beriall deir a1500 Henr. Fab. 1343.
His hude of scarlet, bordowrit weill with silk 1503 Treas. Acc. II. 225.
The bonet … bordorit with ermyng 1529 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 230.
Ane antepend … of blak velvus bordourit with … ymagery 1531 Bell. Boece II. 176.
Thay … had aboue thair harnes, cotearmouris bordourit with reid silke 1549 Compl. 68/26.
Ane rede rampand lyon in ane feild of gold, bordoryt about vith doubil floure delicis

2. To enclose, bound about. 1533 Boece iv. vij. 135.
The fleing was deficill, for the cartis and sleddis bordorit about the feild c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4949.
Ane curssit coue … Bordourit aboute with pryde and symonye

3. intr. To border, lie next. Const. with or to. 1531 Bell. Boece II. p. xxxvi.
Bordorand with the Mernis lyis Angus 1607 Highland P. III. 97.
The gentilmen of Athoill & other cuntreyis bordoring thairto