Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abord \A*bord"\, n. [F.]
   Manner of approaching or accosting; address. --Chesterfield.

Abord \A*bord"\, v. t. [F. aborder, [`a] (L. ad) + bord rim,
   brim, or side of a vessel. See {Border}, {Board}.]
   To approach; to accost. [Obs.] --Digby.