- Outline (Substantives), circumference, perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines, tournure, contour, profile, silhouette.
- Edge (Substantives), verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, skirt, rim, side, mouth, jaws, lip, muzzle, door, porch, portal 260, coast.
- Circumscription (Substantives), limitation, enclosure, confinement, shutting up, circumvallation, entombment.
- Enclosure (Substantives), envelope, case, box, etc. 191, pen, penfold, pound, paddock, enclave, enceinte, corral, wall, hedge, hedgerow, espalier.
- Limit (Substantives), boundary,bounds, confine, term, bourne, kerb-stone, line of demarcation, termination, stint, frontier, precinct, marches, line of circumvallation, the pillars of Hercules, the Rubicon, the turning- point, the last word, the ne plus ultra.
- Front (Substantives), face, anteriority, fore-part, front rank, foreground, van, vanguard, advanced guard, outpost, proscenium, facade, preface, frontispiece, disk.
A half-way house.
(Verbs). To lie, come, or get between, intervene, intrude, butt in, slide in, permeate, put between, put in, interpose, interject, throw in, wedge in, thrust in, foist in, insert, intercalate, interpolate, parenthesise, interline, interleave, interlard, interdigitate, dovetail, sandwich, worm in, insinuate, obtrude 300, intersperse, infiltrate; to gag.
(Adjectives). Interjacent, intervening, etc., intermediary, intermediate, intercalary, interstitial, parenthetical, mediterranean.
(Adverbs). Between, betwixt, 'twixt, among, amongst, amid, amidst, midst, betwixt and between, sandwich - wise, parenthetically, between the lines.
Zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, cordon, girdle, cingulum, clasp, see 247.
Frame, flounce, frill, ruffle, jabot, list, fringe, valance, edging, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow.
(Verbs). To border, edge, skirt, coast, verge on.
(Adjectives). Border, marginal, coastal, skirting.
Imprisonment, incarceration 751.
(Verbs). To circumscribe, limit, delimit, localise, bound, confine, enclose, surround 227, compass about, impound, restrict, restrain 751, shut in, shut up, lock up, bottle up, hem in, hedge in, wall in, rail in, fence, picket, pen, enfold, coop, corral, encage, cage, entomb, bury, immure, encase, pack up, seal up, wrap up 225, etc.
(Adjectives). Circumscribed, etc., imprisoned, pent up 754.
(Phrase). Not room to swing a cat in.
Barrier, bar, gate, gateway, door, barricade, cordon.
Dike (or dyke), ditch, fosse, moat.
Fence, pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, hurdle, palisade, battlement, rampart, embankment, groyne, etc. 717, circumvallation, contravallation.
(Adjectives). Definite, conterminal, terminal, frontier.
2.Special
Forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz, countenance, mug, beak, rostrum, bow, stem, prow.