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Webster 1913 Edition
Frontier
1.
That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country;
as, the
. frontier
of civilization2.
(Fort.)
An outwork.
[Obs.]
Palisadoes,
frontiers
, parapets. Shakespeare
Fron′tier
,Adj.
1.
Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous;
as, a
. frontier
town2.
Of or relating to a frontier.
“Frontier experience.” W. Irving.
Fron′tier
,Verb.
I.
To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; – with on.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.
Webster 1828 Edition
Frontier
FRONTIE'R
,Noun.
The marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; that is, the part furthest advanced, or the part that fronts an enemy, or which an invading enemy meets in front, or which fronts another country.
FRONTIE'R
,Adj.