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BORD-LODE

BORD-MAN, noun [bord and man.] A tenant of bord-land, who supplied his lord with provisions.

BORD'-RAGING,noun An incursion upon the borders of a country.

BORD'-SERVICE, noun [board and service.] The tenure by which bord-land was held, which was the payment of a certain quantity of provisions to the lord. In lieu of this, the tenant now pays six pence an acre.