† surroundryn.
Obsolete. rare.
Surrounding boundary, circuit, compass.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > enclosing boundary
closec1330
compassc1330
umgang1505
precinct1542
horizon1620
surroundry1621
1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 128 Doe wee not know he cannot trauell ouer all this Iland, within the surroundry of the foure Seas?
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) i. 71 Shut up within surroundry of no one Country.
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