See Also: bound(3)(dictionary)
bound(4)(dictionary)
bound(6)(dictionary)
bound(2)(dictionary)
bound(1)(dictionary)
bound(7)(dictionary)
bound(5)(dictionary)
bound 1,(dictionary)
Bound(medicine)
outward-bound(dictionary)

ne'er (iou) and bound(3) (iou)


ne'er (iou)



ne'er adverb. Now poet. & dial. ME.
[Contr.]
Never.
ne'er a never a, not a, no. ne'er the less nevertheless.

bound(3) (iou)



bound noun1. ME.
[Anglo-Norman bounde, Old French bodne, later bo(u)sne, bo(u)ne, bonde, etc. (mod. borne), from medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina, of unkn. origin: cf. BOURN noun2.]
a. A landmark. Only in ME.
beat the bounds: see BEAT verb1 15. out of bounds beyond set limits, esp. those set by the rules of a school, military regulations, etc.; forbidden, inaccessible.
b. A territorial limit, a boundary line. Usu. in pl. LME.
sing. & (usu.) in pl. Territory situated near a boundary; borderland; land within set limits. ME.
b. A tract of ground taken in by a tin-miner. L17.
fig. A limitation or restriction upon feeling, action, duration, etc. Usu. in pl. LME.
b. A limiting value. Chiefly in upper bound, lower bound. E20.