BOULT, b[=o]lt, _v.t._ (_Spens._). Same as BOLT (2).
BOUN, BOWNE, bown, _v.t._ (used _refl._) to prepare one's self, to have
recourse to.--_v.i._ to prepare, dress: to set out, to go to a
place--(_Spens._) BOUND. [_Boun_, earlier form of _bound_--revived by
Scott.]
BOUNCE, bowns, _v.i._ to jump or spring suddenly: to bound like a ball, to
throw one's self about: (_obs._) to beat: to burst into or out of a room,
&c.: to boast, to exaggerate.--_n._ a heavy, sudden blow: a leap or spring:
a boast: a bold lie.--_adv._ and _interj._ expressing sudden
movement.--_n._ BOUNC'ER, one who bounces: something big: a bully: a
liar.--_adj._ BOUNC'ING, large and heavy: lusty: swaggering. [Dut.
_bonzen_, to strike, from _bons_, a blow.]
BOUND, bownd, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of BIND, confined, bandaged: intimately
connected with--'bound up in:' of books, having a cover of, as 'bound in
morocco,' &c. (with _in_): under obligation or necessity to, as 'bound to
win.'--_n._ BOUND'-BAIL'IFF, a sheriff's officer, so called from his bond
given to the sheriff for the discharge of his duty.
BOUND, bownd, _n._ a limit or boundary: the limit of anything, as
patience--'to break bounds,' to go beyond what is reasonable or allowable:
(_pl._) a border-land, land generally within certain understood limits, the
district.--_v.t._ to set bounds to: to limit, restrain, or surround.--_n._
BOUND'ARY, a visible limit: border: termination.--_p.adj._ BOUND'ED,
restricted, cramped.--_n._ BOUND'ER, a boisterous or overbearing
person.--_adj._ BOUND'LESS, having no limit: vast.--_n._ BOUND'LESSNESS.
[O. Fr. _bonne_--Low L. _bodina_, of doubtful origin; cf. Bret. _bonn_, a
boundary.]
BOUND, bownd, _v.i._ to spring or leap.--_n._ a spring or leap.--_p.adj._
BOUND'ING, moving forward with a bound: leaping.--BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, by
startlingly rapid stages. [Fr. _bondir_, to spring, in O. Fr. to
resound--L. _bombit[=a]re_. See BOOM, the sound.]
BOUND, bownd, _adj._ ready to go--as in 'outward bound,' &c. [Ice. _búinn_,
pa.p of _búa_, to prepare.]