bourn

bourn
bourn1
/bawrn, bohrn/, n. Scot. and North Eng.
burn2.
Also, bourne.
bourn2
bournless, adj.
/bawrn, bohrn, boorn/, n. Archaic.
1. a bound; limit.
2. destination; goal.
3. realm; domain.
[1515-25; earlier borne < MF, OF, orig. a Picard form of bodne; see BOUND3]

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