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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1806-1925
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BORD, n. and v.
1. n.
(1) "A broad hem or welt" (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Kcb.1 1935).
(2) The edge or border of a woman's cap.Bnff. 1880 J. F. S. Gordon Chron. of Keith p. vi.:
Fifty years ago women adorned . . . in "ower-croun Mutches" with a dashy Ribbon round the "Bord."Fif. 1806 A. Douglas Poems 145:
Her mutch is like the driven snaw, Wi' bord of braw fine pearlin'.wm.Sc. 1835 Laird of Logan II. 54:
Ye hinna really been lang ere ye got the black bord about your mutch snodded.
In pl., "the ornamental scalloped border of a mutch" (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.).Abd.7 1925:
Bords, the frills or goffered parts of the white mutches worn by our great-grandmothers were "the bords of her mutch."
Hence bordless, adj., lacking a border or frill.Mearns 1820 E. Tevendale Misc. Poems 40:
But sure you'll think, that I'm a queer nonsuch, To compliment you wi' a bordless mutch. To send a half-made thing is scarce discreet . . .
2. v. To furnish with an edge or border.n.Sc. 1898 E.D.D.:
She bordit her mutch wi' lace.
Hence ppl.adj. bordit.Ags.(D) 1885 Brechin Advertiser (19 May) 3/6:
There wis, of coorse, the twa plain bordit mutches an' the scarlet plaid.
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