Outskirt: alternatives and connections

The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.

To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.

In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, con…

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brin…

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an…

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center…

A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or…

The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.

An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.

That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden.

A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the defer…

At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge…

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part…

Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line…

The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source…