borée, n.m., Boreas, North-wind.
*borgne, n. and adj., one-eyed person; blind of one eye; one-eyed; dark, obscure, paltry. Changer son cheval — contre un aveugle; to change for the worse. Au royaume des aveugles les —s sont rois; among the blind, the one-eyed is king.
*borgnesse, n.f., (pop.) one-eyed woman.
borique, adj., (chem.) boracic.
bornage, n.m., settling bounds, fixing limits.
borne, n.f., landmark; boundary, limit, confine; bounds; mile-stone, spur-post. Mettre des —s à son ambition; to set bounds to one’s ambition. Cela passe toutes les —s; that is going beyond all bounds. Être planté là comme une —; to stand there like a post.
borné, -e, part., bounded, limited, confined; narrow, mean, small; shallow. Esprit fort —; narrow mind.
borne-fontaine, n.f., (—s-—s) water-post.
borner, v.a., to set landmarks; to bound, to set bounds to, to limit, to circumscribe, to restrict, to terminate, to confine. — son ambition; to set bounds to one’s ambition.