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1. (n.) A boundary; a border; a terminal end or goal\.

2. (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.

3. (n.) Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term.

4. (n.) Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.

Thesaurus
L Z anchorage apodosis border line bound boundary boundary condition boundary line bourn branch break boundary breakoff point cable railway catastrophe cease ceasing ceiling cessation circumscription close coda cog railway compass completing completion conclusion confine consummation crack of doom culmination curtain curtains cutoff cutoff point deadline death decease delimitation denouement desistance destination destiny determinant division line doom effect el electric railway elevated elevated railway embankment end end point ending envoi epilogue eschatology expiration extremity fate feeder feeder line final solution final twitch final words finale finality finis finish finishing floor frontier full development goal gravity-operated railway harbor haven hedge high-water mark horse railway interface izzard junction last last breath last gasp last stop last things last trumpet last words latter end light railroad limen limit limitation limiting factor line line of demarcation low-water mark lower limit main line march mark maturation maturity mete metro monorail omega payoff perfection period peroration port quietus rack railway rack-and-pinion railway rail rail line railroad railway resolution resting place ripeness roadbed roadway rounding off rounding out sidetrack siding start starting line starting point stop stoppage stopping place street railway streetcar line subway swan song switchback target date term terminal terminal date terminal point termination threshold time allotment topping off track tram tramline trestle trolley line trunk trunk line tube turnout underground upper limit windup
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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