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Webster 1913 Edition

Bound

Bound

(bound)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bounde
,
bunne
, OF.
bonne
,
bonde
,
bodne
, F.
borne
, fr. LL.
bodina
,
bodena
,
bonna
; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Arm.
bonn
boundary, limit, and
boden
,
bod
, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Cf.
Bourne
.]
The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.
He hath compassed the waters with
bounds
.
Job xxvi. 10.
On earth’s remotest
bounds
.
Campbell.
And mete the
bounds
of hate and love.
Tennyson.
To keep within bounds
,
not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.
Syn. – See
Boundary
.

Bound

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bounded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bounding
.]
1.
To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; – said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
Where full measure only
bounds
excess.
Milton.
Phlegethon . . .
Whose fiery flood the burning empire
bounds
.
Dryden.
2.
To name the boundaries of;
as, to
bound
France
.

Bound

,
Verb.
I.
[F.
bondir
to leap, OF.
bondir
,
bundir
, to leap, resound, fr. L.
bombitare
to buzz, hum, fr.
bombus
a humming, buzzing. See
Bomb
.]
1.
To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.
Before his lord the ready spaniel
bounds
.
Pope.
And the waves
bound
beneath me as a steed
That knows his rider.
Byron.
2.
To rebound, as an elastic ball.

Bound

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To make to bound or leap;
as, to
bound
a horse
.
[R.]
Shak.
2.
To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound;
as, to
bound
a ball on the floor
.
[Collog.]

Bound

,
Noun.
1.
A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
A
bound
of graceful hardihood.
Wordsworth.
2.
Rebound;
as, the
bound
of a ball
.
Johnson.
3.
(Dancing)
Spring from one foot to the other.

Bound

,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Bind
.

Bound

,
p.
p.
&
Adj.
1.
Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
2.
Inclosed in a binding or cover;
as, a
bound
volume
.
3.
Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
4.
Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; – followed by the infinitive;
as, he is
bound
to succeed; he is
bound
to fail
.
5.
Resolved;
as, I am
bound
to do it
.
[Collog. U. S.]
6.
Constipated; costive.
☞ Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc.
Bound bailiff
(Eng. Law)
,
a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.
–
Bound up in
,
entirely devoted to; inseparable from.

Bound

,
Adj.
[Past p. of OE.
bounen
to prepare, fr.
boun
ready, prepared, fr. Icel.
būinn
, p. p. of
būa
to dwell, prepare; akin to E.
boor
and
bower
. See
Bond
,
Adj.
, and cf.
Busk
,
Verb.
]
Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; – with to or for, or with an adverb of motion;
as, a ship is
bound
to Cadiz, or
for
Cadiz
.
“The mariner bound homeward.”
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bound

BOUND

, n.
1.
A limit; the line which comprehends the whole of any given object or space. It differs from boundary. See the latter. Bound is applied to kingdoms, states,cities, towns, tracts of land, and to territorial jurisdiction.
2.
A limit by which any excursion is restrained; the limit of indulgence or desire; as, the love of money knows no bounds.
3.
A leap; a spring; a jump; a rebound.
4.
In dancing, a spring from one foot to the other.

BOUND

,
Verb.
T.
To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension,whether of natural or moral objects, as of land, or empire, or of passion, desire,indulgence. Hence, to restrain or confine; as, to bound our wishes. To bound in is hardly legitimate.
1.
To make to bound.

BOUND

,
Verb.
I.
To leap; to jump; to spring; to move forward by leaps.
Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds.
1.
To rebound--but the sense is the same.

BOUND

, pret. and pp. of bind. As a participle, made fast by a band,or by chains or fetters; obliged by moral ties; confined; restrained.
1.
As a participle or perhaps more properly an adj.,destined; tending; going, or intending to go; with to or for; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.
The application of this word,in this use, is taken from the orders given for the government of the voyage,implying obligation, or from tending, stretching. So destined implies being bound.
Bound is used in composition, as in ice-bound, wind-bound, when a ship is confined or prevented from sailing by ice or by contrary winds.

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