Obs. [a. F. confin, -fine bordering, neighboring (= It. confino, fine):—L. confīn-is bordering, adjoining, having mutual bounds, f. con- together + fīnis end, limit, boundary.] Neighboring, adjacent.
1579. J. Stubbes, Gaping Gulf, D viij. Great with another confine gouernment.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., I. iii. III. (1651), 209. To discover the Streights of Magellan, and Confine places.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, I. i. The Armorick islands, and confine regions of Britanie.
