BOURNS

Noun

bourns

plural of bourn

Anagrams

• Burson, burons, suborn

Proper noun

Bourns

plural of Bourn

Anagrams

• Burson, burons, suborn

Source: Wiktionary


BOURN

Bourn, Bourne, n. Etym: [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf. Torrent, and see Burn, v.]

Definition: A stream or rivulet; a burn. My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. Spenser.

Bourn, Bourne, n. Etym: [F. borne. See Bound a limit.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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