bourn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bourn	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bourn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bourn n an archaic term for a boundary Synonym(s): bourn, bourne an archaic term for a goal or destination Synonym(s): bourn, bourne
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bourn \Bourn\, Bourne \Bourne\, n. [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. [?]. The root is prob. that of burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf. {Torrent}, and see {Burn}, v.] A stream or rivulet; a burn. My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bourn \Bourn\, Bourne \Bourne\, n. [F. borne. See {Bound} a limit.] 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.