Definition of Bourn
n.
1.
A
stream
or
rivulet
;
a
burn
.
My
little
boat
can
safely
pass
this
perilous
bourn
.
- Spenser.
1.
A
bound
;
a
boundary
;
a
limit
.
Hence
:
Point
aimed
at
;
goal
.
Where
the
land
slopes
to
its
watery
bourn
.
- Cowper.
The
undiscovered
country
,
from
whose
bourn
No
traveler
returns
.
- Shak.
Sole
bourn
,
sole
wish
,
sole
object
of
my
song
.
- Wordsworth.
To
make
the
doctrine
. . .
their
intellectual
bourne
.
- Tyndall.
Related Words
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,
boundary
,
bounds
,
bourne
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