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deˈbord, v. ? Obs.
Also 7 deboard, Sc deboird.
[a. F. débord-er, in 15–16th c. desborder, f. des-:—L. dis- (de- I. 6) + bord border.]
1. intr. Of a body of water: To pass beyond its borders or banks, to overflow.
1632Lithgow Trav. vii. 316 As the Water groweth in the River, and so from it debording. Ibid. 317 Violent streames do ever deface, transplant, and destroy all that they debord upon. 1635D. Person Varieties i. 24 Such as aske, why the Sea doth never debord. 1859R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 194 A wide expanse..over which the stream when in flood debords to a distance of two miles.
†2. fig. To go out of bounds, deviate; to go beyond bounds, go to excess. Obs.
c1620Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 77 That hence I from my duety not debord. a1658Durham Ten Commandm. (1675) 362 (Jam.) It is a wonder that men should take pleasure to deboard in their cloathing. 1671True Nonconf. 401 Debording from common methods. a1678Woodhead Holy Living (1688) 113 Least..your passions sometimes debord where you would not have them.
Hence deˈbording vbl. n. = next.
1635D. Person Varieties ii. 66 Great debording of waters. 1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 225 Too great proness to such like debordings and youthful emancipations. |