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March, n. [OE. marche, F.
marche; of German origin; cf. OHG. marcha, G.
mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth.
marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to
E. mark a sign. √106. Cf. Margin,
Margrave, Marque, Marquis.] A territorial
border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine;
-- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied
especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and
Scotland, and England and Wales.

Geneva is situated in the marches of several
dominions -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland.

Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate
isles.

March, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir.
See 2d March.] To border; to be contiguous; to lie side
by side. [Obs.]

That was in a strange land

Which marcheth upon Chimerie.

To march with, to have the same boundary for
a greater or less distance; -- said of an estate.


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