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ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

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enfold, bury, encase, incase † , pack up, enshrine, inclasp † ; wrap up &c (invest) 225;<br />

embay † , embosom † .<br />

containment (inclusion) 76.<br />

Adj. circumscribed &c v.; begirt † , lapt † ; buried in, immersed in; embosomed † , in the<br />

bosom of, imbedded, encysted, mewed up; imprisoned &c 751; landlocked, in a ring<br />

fence.<br />

230. Outline -- N. outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines<br />

tournure † , contour, profile, silhouette; bounds; coast line.<br />

zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre [Brit.], cingle † , clasp, girt; cordon<br />

&c (inclosure) 232; circlet, &c 247.<br />

231. Edge -- N. edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim,<br />

flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle.<br />

threshold, door, porch; portal &c (opening) 260; coast, shore.<br />

frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt,<br />

furbelow, valance, gimp.<br />

Adj. border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated † , marginated † .<br />

232. Inclosure -- N. inclosure, envelope; case &c (receptacle) 191; wrapper; girdle &c<br />

230.<br />

pen, fold; pen fold, in fold, sheep fold; paddock, pound; corral; yard; net, seine net.<br />

wall, hedge, hedge row; espalier; fence &c (defense) 717; pale, paling, balustrade, rail,<br />

railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation † , enceinte, ring fence.<br />

barrier, barricade; gate, gateway; bent, dingle [U.S.]; door, hatch, cordon; prison &c<br />

752.<br />

dike, dyke, ditch, fosse † , moat.<br />

V. inclose, circumscribe &c 229.<br />

233. Limit -- N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge,<br />

curbstone † , but, pale, reservation; termination, terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches;<br />

backwoods.<br />

boundary line, landmark; line of demarcation, line of circumvallation † ; pillars of<br />

Hercules; Rubicon, turning point; ne plus ultra [Lat.]; sluice, floodgate.<br />

Adj. definite; conterminate † , conterminable † ; terminal, frontier; bordering.<br />

Adv. thus far, thus far and no further.<br />

Phr. stick to the reservation; go beyond the pale.<br />

2. Special<br />

234. Front -- N. front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc, frontage; facade,<br />

proscenium, facia [Lat.], frontispiece; anteriority † ; obverse (of a medal or coin).<br />

fore rank, front rank; van, vanguard; advanced guard; outpost; first line; scout.<br />

brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz † , countenance, mut [Slang]; rostrum, beak,<br />

bow, stem, prow, prore † , jib.

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