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fjme J'*arF-evergrccn fort of plants, fwch a» tliole of box, 

 thrift, (liiilirs, pinks, S;c.; but the firll is the neatcft and 

 nvulk durable plant for the piirpofc. See Bui us, and 

 Edging. - 



Thcfe forts of borders fliould always be raifed two or three 

 inches or more above the common fiirfacc level ; fuch as are 

 detached being generally finiflied ofT in a gently fw^Uing 

 or rounding form, in order that they may aiford the fuUcll 

 cff<as. 



Border, in HrralJry. See Bordure. 



LORDIi'RES, '\n'Cfo:;r.ipl:u a town of France, in the 

 department of the high;r Pyrenees, and chief place of a 

 canton, in the dilhitk of Bagneres, four leagues S. of La 

 Bjrthe ; tlie place contains jqS, and tiic canton 2822 inha- 

 bitants ; the territory coaiprcliends 207^ kiliometrcs, and 

 »I communes. 



BORDERS, among Fhrijls, are fuch leaves as Hand 

 at>out the middle thrum of a flower. 



BORDES, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Arriege ; l\ leagues W. of Mirepoix. 



BORDEU, Anthony, "in Biography, a phyfician of 

 confiderable eminence, was born at Kefte, in Bcarn, in 169;. 

 After being initiated in the ftudy of medicine by his father, 

 he went to Montpellier, where he was admitted doftor in 

 that faculty in 1719. Invited, in 1723, to Pau, the capital 

 of the province, lie acquired fo much reputation, as to pro- 

 cure him tl\e offices of phyfician to the military hofpital at 

 Bareges, and of infpcAor of the mineral waters there. To 

 the waters he paid great attention, and in 1750, he publilhed 

 a fmall tre»t:fe, (hewing the efTefts he had experienced from 

 them in a variety of Jifeafes. He lived to an advanced age, 

 but the preeifc time of his death lias not been noted. 



B0R.DEU, Thfophilus de, following the fteps of his 

 father, attained to a Hill higher degree of profelTional emi- 

 nence. He was born in 172^ ; and having paffed through 

 his ftudies with fingular credit, was created doctor in medi- 

 cine at MontpeUier, in 1743. In 1745, he was appointed 

 to fucceed liis father, as infpeclor of the mineral waters, and 

 profelTor in anatomy, which was his favourite ftudy. In 

 1 74", he was made correfponding member of the Royal 

 Academy of Sciences at Paris, whither he foon after went ; 

 and after paffing through the ufual courfe of ihidits, he was 

 admitted dodlor in medicine there, in 3 754. He was taken 

 off fuddenly by a llroke of apoplexy in 1776, being in the 

 55th year of his age. He was through life diligent and 

 attentive to his profefTional duties, and feems to have been 

 adluated by a deiire of improving his art, and of leaving me- 

 morials of his induftry and ingenuity. The principal of his 

 works are, " Chylificationis hi.loria," his inaugural thefis, 

 1742, re-printed at Paris, 1752, l2mo. with his " Rc- 

 cherches fur les glandes." He thought he obferved a du£t 

 pafllng from the thyroid gland to the trachsea ; an opinion, 

 which he repeats in another of his works, but without fuf- 

 ficicnt ground. " Differtatio phyfiologica de fenfu genericc 

 confiderato," Monfpelii, J74J, 8vo. ; 1751, Paris, with 

 bis " Chylificationis hilloria. " Lettres contenant des eflais 

 fur I'hiftoire des caux minerales du Beam, S:c. i2mo. 1746. 

 In thefe he treats of the properties of the waters, and of the 

 geography of Beam. " Rechevches anatomiques fur la po- 

 fition des glandes et fur leur actions, Paris, 1751, 8vo. 

 •' Recherches fur le pouls par raport aux crifes," Paris, 

 17156, i2mo. ; in which he has gone much beyond Solano 

 in his difcrimiiiation of pulfes, and beyond what can be fol- 

 lowed in pradlice. " Recherches fur le tiftu muqueux, et 

 I'organe cellulaire," Paris, 1766, i2mo. Haller accufes 

 him of difingenuity in attributing to himfelf the difcovery of 

 fome properties of the cellular membrane, which had been 



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before defcribcd by him and others, but does not deny the 

 woik to have on the whole confiderable merit. HaU. Bib. 

 Anat. Eloy. Dia.Hill. Aikin's Gen. Biog. 



BoRDFu, Fkancis, brother to Theophilus, and edu- 

 cated under liis father and him, was born at P""' >" '^V>1' 

 Having taken his degree of doflor in medicine at Montpel- 

 lier, in 1756, he returned to Pau, and was appointed to 

 fupply the place of liis brotlier, as infpeaor of the waters 

 tliero. In 1757, he publlflied " De fenfibilitate et contrac- 

 tibilitate partium in coipore huniaro fano," Monfpell. ; and 

 in 1760, " Precis d'obfervations fur les eau- de Bareges," 

 &c. 1 2!no. coUefled principally from the works of his father, 

 brother, and other writers on the fubjea. " Recherche* 

 fur les maladies chroniques, leur rapports avcc les maladies 

 aigues, &c. 1775, 8vo. ; principally with the view of (hew- 

 ing the utility and the manner of adminiftering mineral- 

 waters in the cure of chronical complaints. Haller. Bib. 

 Chiiiirg. Eloy. Did. Hift. 



BORD-Free. See Free. 



Bord-Halfpenny, or BROD-H.-iLFPENNY, money paid 

 in markets and fairs, for fetting up boards, tables, and ftalls,. 

 for the falc of wares. 



BORDIGHERA, in Geography, a town of Italy, in 

 the Rate of Genoa, 3 miles E.N.E. of Ventimiglia. 



BORD-LANDS, the demefnes anciently kept by the 

 lords in their hands for the maintenance of their board or 

 table. This was anciently called horJage. 



BORDO Nuova, in Geography, a town of Servia, 18 

 miles E.S.E. of Piftrina. 



BORDOE, one of the Faroe iflands, having a harbour 

 on the N.W. coaft. 



BORDONE, Paris, in B'lography, a painter of hiftory, 

 portrait, and architefture, was born at Trevigi, in 151.;, 

 and at a proper age became a dilciple of Titian, whofe un- 

 communicative difpofition he had occafion to regret. He 

 ftudied and imitated the ftyle of Giorgione, and acquired 

 fuch reputation, that at the age of 18 years he v\'as employed 

 in painting a pifture in the church of St. Nicholas. From 

 Venice he removed to Vinccnza, in confequence of an invi- 

 tation to adorn a gallery with paintings in frefco, in which 

 Titian had exhibited a defign repiefcnting the judgment of 

 Solomon. Bordone compofed the hiftory of Noah and his fons, 

 which he finifhed with fuch care, that it was not eiteemed infe- 

 rior to the work of Titian. Having finifhed feveral confiderable 

 works at Venice andTrevigi, he entered, in 1 5.58, into the fer- 

 vice of Francis I. of France ; and gained additional reputation 

 by various hiftorical fubjefts and portraits, which were excel- 

 lently defigncd, and recommended by a chaiming tone of co- 

 lour. On quitting France he vifited feveral cities of Italy, in 

 which he left a number of memorable works, as monuments of 

 his extraordinary abihties. His colouring refembles nature, and 

 his portraits have been very much admired ; feveral of them are 

 ftill prefcrved in the Palazzo Pitti at Florence, the colouring 

 of which is clear, frefli, and beautiful. This artift died in 

 1 5 88, at the age of 75, according to Vafari ; but according 

 to Felibien, at the age of 6j years. Pilkington. 



BORD-SERVICE, called alfo Bordage, the tenure of 

 lands on condition of furnifhing provilion for the lord's 

 board or table. 



Some lands in the manor of Fulham, and elfewhcre, are 

 ftill held of the bifhop of London, by the fervice, that the 

 tenants pay fixpence per acre in heu of finding provifion for 

 their lord's table. 



BORDURE, or Border, in Heraldry, is a partition line 

 running all round the infide of the field, of an equal width, 

 taking up one-fifth from the outer edge of the field, and 

 without any Ibadow. Arms having a plajp bordure, are em- 



blazooed 



