boundaryn.
/ˈbaʊndəri/ 1. That which serves to indicate the bounds or limits of anything whether material or immaterial; also the limit itself.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun]
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enda1425
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buttinga1475
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pale?a1525
butrelle1546
scantlet1547
limesa1552
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line1595
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closure1597
Rubicon1613
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boundure1634
verge1660
terminary1670
meta1838
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §328 Corruption is a Reciprocall to Generation: And they Two, are as Natures two Termes or Bundaries.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 146 The simple Ideas, we receive from Sensation and Reflection, are the Boundaries of our Thoughts.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 178. ⁋3 Providence has fixed the limits of human enjoyment by immoveable boundaries.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §6. 43 The dots representing the boundaries of the ridges.
2. elliptical. A boundary tree. U.S.
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1772 Carroll Papers in Maryland Hist. Mag. 14 365 The Post placed in the roome of a White Oake & Hickory Boundaries of Kendalls Delight.
1772 Carroll Papers in Maryland Hist. Mag. 14 365 At the White Oake a Boundary of Dryere & Dodderize.
3. Cricket.
a. The perimeter or outer bounds of the field of play; (also) a line, rope, or other marker that denotes this. Cf. rope n.1 2e(b).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > boundary
ropes1862
boundary1867
1867 John Lillywhite's Cricketers' Compan. (ed. 23) 7 Always agree at starting..what are the boundaries.
1884 Laws of Cricket in John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1885 (ed. 22) 7 The Umpires..shall pitch fair wickets, arrange boundaries where necessary, and the allowances to be made for them.
1899 W. G. Grace Cricketing Reminisc. ii. 23 There were no fixed boundaries at Lord's when I first played there.
1905 H. A. Vachell Hill xii. 248 [He] cut the sixth ball to the boundary.
1920 E. R. Wilson in P. F. Warner Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (new ed.) ii. 64 Boundaries..were adopted at Lord's for the Eton v. Harrow match of 1866.
b. A hit to the boundary; (also) the number of runs allowed for the hit.Under the current laws, four runs are credited to the batting team when the ball crosses the boundary-line, and six if it passes over the line without striking the field of play. Cf. four n. 2d, six adj. 2h(a).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke
long ball1744
nip1752
catch1816
no-hit1827
cut1833
short hit1833
draw1836
drive1836
square hit1837
skylarker1839
skyer1840
skyscraper1842
back-cut1845
bum1845
leg sweep1846
slog1846
square cut1850
driver1851
Harrow drive1851
leg slip1852
poke1853
snick1857
snorter1859
leg stroke1860
smite1861
on-drive1862
bump ball1864
rocketer1864
pull1865
grass trimmer1867
late cut1867
off-drive1867
spoon1871
push1873
push stroke1873
smack1875
Harrow drive1877
pull-stroke1880
leg glance1883
gallery-hit1884
boundary-stroke1887
glide1888
sweep1888
boundary1896
hook1896
leg glide1896
backstroke1897
flick1897
hook stroke1897
cover-drive1898
straight drive1898
square drive1900
edger1905
pull-drive1905
slash1906
placing stroke1907
push drive1912
block shot1915
if-shot1920
placing shot1921
cow-shot1922
mow1925
Chinese cut1937
haymaker1954
hoick1954
perhapser1954
air shot1956
steepler1959
mishook1961
swish1963
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > umpiring and scoring > [noun] > score > specific
century1864
boundary1896
Dorothy Dix1979
1896 Westm. Gaz. 24 July 5/2 His placing on the leg side, especially off Giffen, was extremely fine, and gave him several boundaries.
1900 A. Upward Ebenezer Lobb 74 The wicket simply got in the way of my bat, as I was preparing to hit a boundary.
1910 Westm. Gaz. 26 Feb. 16/2 A four boundary is often the result.
1955 Times 13 July 8/6 He then hit Goddard almost for 6 to long-on and hooked him for another vivid boundary.
c. attributive, as boundary-bye, boundary-hit, boundary-play, boundary-stroke.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke
long ball1744
nip1752
catch1816
no-hit1827
cut1833
short hit1833
draw1836
drive1836
square hit1837
skylarker1839
skyer1840
skyscraper1842
back-cut1845
bum1845
leg sweep1846
slog1846
square cut1850
driver1851
Harrow drive1851
leg slip1852
poke1853
snick1857
snorter1859
leg stroke1860
smite1861
on-drive1862
bump ball1864
rocketer1864
pull1865
grass trimmer1867
late cut1867
off-drive1867
spoon1871
push1873
push stroke1873
smack1875
Harrow drive1877
pull-stroke1880
leg glance1883
gallery-hit1884
boundary-stroke1887
glide1888
sweep1888
boundary1896
hook1896
leg glide1896
backstroke1897
flick1897
hook stroke1897
cover-drive1898
straight drive1898
square drive1900
edger1905
pull-drive1905
slash1906
placing stroke1907
push drive1912
block shot1915
if-shot1920
placing shot1921
cow-shot1922
mow1925
Chinese cut1937
haymaker1954
hoick1954
perhapser1954
air shot1956
steepler1959
mishook1961
swish1963
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > running > not off bat
bye1744
extra1855
sundry1860
extra1884
boundary-bye1887
1887 F. Gale Game of Cricket ix. xvi. 270 ‘Boundary byes’ ought to be abolished..the batsmen being entitled to run as many as they could.
1887 F. Gale Game of Cricket ix. xvi. 268 There were no boundary hits.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 3/1 A splendid display of true cricket relieved by free ‘boundary’ play.
1900 Young Sportsman 137 Three runs should never be recognised for a boundary hit.
1905 Westm Gaz. 15 June 7/1 It was not until the third over of the match that he opened the scoring with a boundary-stroke.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
boundary-dispute n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > concerning a boundary
boundary-dispute1850
1850 A. Lawrence Official Desp. to J. M. Clayton I have said nothing about the boundary-disputes of Nicaragua and her neighbours.
boundary-ditch n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > ditch
boundary-ditch1941
1941 Oxoniensia 6 87 One of the field-systems attached to the..settlement may probably be identified in the boundary-ditches on the lower half of the air-photograph.
boundary fence n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > hedge, fence, or wall
out-fence1647
boundary fence1857
boundary-wall1864
1857 R. B. Paul Lett. from Canterbury ii. 27 The boundary fence which separates the poor man from the rich.
1926 M. L. Skinner in Adelphi May 794 Somebody's boundary fence beyond the railways.
boundary-keeper n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > shepherd > type of
sheep-reeve1450
page1590
shepherdling1605
under-shepherda1640
lad1717
lamber1809
mayoral1879
hurdle-man1880
motherer1890
rouser1896
rousie1906
boundary-keeper1933
1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (N.Z.) 16 Sept. 15/7 Boundary keeper, a shepherd who keeps sheep from passing an unfenced boundary.
boundary-line n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > bounding line or surface > boundary-line
score?1553
outline1648
boundary-line1679
red line?1770
1679 in Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1858) III. 528 The boundary lines between this her Majesty's Collony..and her Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay.
1784 A. Ellicott in Life & Lett. (1908) 19 We shall..begin to run the Boundary Line between Virginia and Pennsylvania.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xii. 167 He that lives on a dubious boundary-line.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 165 The boundary line which parts the domain of law from that of morality.
boundary-mark n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark
markingOE
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marka1325
merea1387
meithc1430
limit1439
doolc1440
prop1450
march1495
landmark1535
mere boundc1600
mere-mark1611
border-mark1613
bound-mark1623
bounder-mark1666
boundary-mark1878
1878 J. Morley Diderot 198 The reign of truth was hindered by the artificial boundary-marks.
boundary-treaty n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > treaty > treaty fixing boundaries or frontiers
barrier-treaty1712
boundary-treaty1830
1830 T. Carlyle in Fortn. Rev. & Cont. Misc. 5 23 These were fair conditions of a boundary-treaty.
boundary-wall n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > hedge, fence, or wall
out-fence1647
boundary fence1857
boundary-wall1864
1864 Theol. Rev. Mar. 11 Between science and theology..it is impossible to build a boundary-wall.
C2.
boundary dog n. Australian and New Zealand (see quot. 1945).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > with specific job or character
boundary dog1876
leading dog1897
header1903
strong eye1910
huntaway1913
1876 D. Kennedy Colonial Trav. xv. 196 The first [dog] seen was a boundary dog, chained to a break in a fence, to prevent sheep straying from one run to another.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 72 A sheep dog chained to a kennel at a gateway..to prevent sheep passing through is called a boundary-dog.
boundary layer n. the layer of fluid adjacent to a moving body; esp. in Aeronautics, the layer of air adjacent to an aircraft in motion.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > air above our heads > portion of > layer adjacent to moving body
boundary layer1922
1922 J. M. Burgers in Proc. K. Akad. Wetensch. (Amsterdam) XXIII. 1097 We can calculate the distribution of the vorticity and the current in the boundary layer, when we suppose the velocity outside the boundary layer to be known.
1924 Flight 20 Nov. 737/1 The deductions from the boundary layer theory gave a rather poor approximation to the truth.
1949 O. G. Sutton Sci. of Flight ii. 48 The air, because of its viscosity, sticks to the surface of a moving body, and forms a boundary layer.
boundary light n. (see quot. 1951).
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society > travel > air or space travel > airfield or airport > [noun] > boundary of airfield or airport > lights
boundary light1937
1937 Reports & Mem., Aeronaut. Res. Committee No. 1793. p. 1 Light signals used in aviation..at the aerodrome..boundary lights.
1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 23 Boundary lights, lights defining the boundary of a landing area.
boundary-rider n. Australian and New Zealand one who rides round the fences of a station, and repairs them when broken.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > stock-farmer > worker
stockman1806
ranchero1825
ranchman1854
bush-hand1863
station hand1863
jackeroo1864
boundary-rider1865
bush-rider1883
ringer1909
bush-worker1936
stock-boy1937
jillaroo1945
1865 Australasian 15 July 13/4 The shepherds and boundary-riders of the past and present.
1890 E. W. Hornung Bride from Bush xviii. 279 A boundary-rider..sees that the sheep in his paddock ‘draw’ to the water, that there is water for them to draw to, and that the fences and gates are in order.
1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft iv. 94 There are no boundary riders on these cattle holdings.
boundary-riding n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > droving > outriding or boundary-riding
boundary-riding1890
outriding1907
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer I. x. 149 You'll have messages to carry, boundary riding to do.
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boundary condition n. Mathematics a condition required to be satisfied along part or all of the boundary of a region within which a given set of differential equations is to be solved.
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the world > relative properties > number > calculus > [noun] > differential calculus > differential equations > conditions
boundary condition1902
initial condition1902
1902 Internat. Catal. Sci. Lit. I. vii. a. 165/2 (heading) Dirichlet's problem and analogous problems, affected by boundary conditions.
1927 E. L. Ince Ordinary Differential Equations ix. 206 Each boundary condition is equivalent to a linear difference equation connecting yo, y1, ys−1, and ys.
1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xxviii. 688 These equations must be solved subject to appropriate boundary conditions.
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boundary value n. Mathematics a value specified by a boundary condition.
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the world > relative properties > number > calculus > [noun] > differential calculus > differential equations > conditions > values
initial values1834
boundary value1898
1898 Proc. London Math. Soc. 29 373 R consists of terms involving the boundary values of f (x, y,...), ψ(x, y,...) and their partial differential coefficients.
1957 L. Fox Numerical Solution Two-Point Boundary Probl. iii. 54 If the boundary condition is other than ‘boundary value specified’ the technique needs modification.
1968 E. T. Copson Metric Spaces viii. 125 This boundary value problem has a continuously differentiable solution.
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