(n) :
originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights; hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood
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(n) :
originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights; hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood