Bordone, Paris

(CAVALIERE,) one of the most distinguished painters of the Venetian School, especially in portraiture, was B. at Treviso, 1500. He studied under Titian and Giorgione, and eventually adopted a style of his own, based upon the styles of his masters. B.'s works are eminently characterized by all the beauties of the Venetian School. One of his best works is the Martyrdom of St. Andrew, in the church of San Giobbe, Venice. The picture of the Fisherman Presenting the Ring he had received from St. Mark, to the Doge, now in the Academy at Venice, is regarded as his masterpiece. His picture of Paradise, formerly at Treviso, is now also in the Venetian Academy. In the Dresden Gallery is a beautiful Holy Family by B., who also painted for François I. of France, and D. in Venice about 1570. Bord'-service, n. ( Old Eng. Law.) The tenure of bordage or bord-land. Bordure, ( bord'yoor .) ( Her . ) In French heraldry, an honorable ordinary, which should occupy a third part of the shield. In English blazonry, it has generally been considered as a mark of difference to distinguish one branch of a family from another. It surrounds the field, is of equal breadth in every part, and occupies one fifth of the field. When there is a chief on the coat, the B. is supposed to run under the chief, but it pa es over other ordinaries, as a fe . . Bore, n . [Icel. bylr , a whirlwind; Swed. and Goth. bor , the wind; Scot. beir , birr , to roar.] A sound or roar, as of a tempest; specifically, a phenomenon which occurs in some rivers, near their mouths, at spring-tides. When the tide enters the river, the waters suddenly rise to a great height, (in some rivers many feet above the surface of the stream,) and rush with tremendous noise against the current for a considerable distance. Sometimes the waters do not subside till they have almost reached the limit of tide-water. As this swell does not occur in all rivers where there is a tide, it is evident that it must be caused by some conformation of the banks or bed of the river, or by both combined. It seems to be nece ary, in order that there be a bore, that the river should fall into an æstuary, that this æstuary be subject to high tides, and that it contract gradually; and lastly, that the river also narrow by degrees. The rise of the sea at spring-tides pushes a great volume of water into the wide entrance of the æstuary, where it accumulates, not being able to flow off quick enough into the narrower part. The tide therefore enters with the greater force the narrower the æstuary becomes, and when it reaches the mouth of the river, the swell has already obtained a considerable height above the descending stream, and rushes on like a torrent. The most celebrated bores are those of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus; in the Hooghly branch of the Ganges, the B. travels 70 miles in 4 hours, and sometimes appears suddenly as a liquid wall, 5 feet in height. It is also observable in the Amazon, the Colorado, the Petitcondiac, the St. John river, in the Bay of Fundy, .