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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boundary \Bound"a*ry\, n.; pl {Boundaries} [From {Bound} a
limit; cf LL bonnarium piece of land with fixed limits.]
That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a
bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line a
real or imaginary limit.
But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries
of the skies. --N. Cotton.
That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth
and Meath. --Macaulay.
Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our
thoughts. --Locke.
Syn: Limit; bound; border; term; termination; barrier; verge;
confines; precinct.
Usage: {Bound}, {Boundary}. Boundary, in its original and
strictest sense is a visible object or mark
indicating a limit. Bound is the limit itself But in
ordinary usage the two words are made interchangeable.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
boundary
n 1: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of
something [syn: {bound}, {bounds}]
2: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: {edge}, {bound}]
3: the greatest possible degree of something: "what he did was
beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit
of his ability" [syn: {limit}, {bounds}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
BOUNDARY, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two
nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary
rights of the other
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