n. [ AS. gor dung, dirt. See Gore blood, dirt. ] (Zool.) The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Borrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Borrowing. ] [ OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. &unr_;95. See 1st Borough. ] 1. To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arith.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rites borrowed from the ancients. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To feign or counterfeit. “Borrowed hair.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The borrowed majesty of England. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To receive; to take; to derive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye may retain as borrows my two priests. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of borrowing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of your royal presence I'll adventure
The borrow of a week. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who borrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Borrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Borrowing. ] [ OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorgan to protect. &unr_;95. See 1st Borough. ] 1. To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arith.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rites borrowed from the ancients. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To feign or counterfeit. “Borrowed hair.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The borrowed majesty of England. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To receive; to take; to derive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To borrow trouble, to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye may retain as borrows my two priests. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of borrowing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of your royal presence I'll adventure
The borrow of a week. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who borrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]