单词 | outbounds |
释义 | outboundsn. Now rare. With plural agreement. Outward bounds; utmost boundaries or extreme limits. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > utmost or extreme boundary finea1400 outgoinga1425 outboundsc1540 verge1597 termination1603 outmost1634 out-limit1650 out-border1652 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hist. & Chron. Scotl. (1821) I. xxvii The out boundis of Nidisdail. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 13 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Knockfergus, Belfast, Armagh, and Carlingford, which are now the most out-bounds and abandoned places in the English Pale. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 87 The Propagation of Trees in Hedge-rows, and Out-bounds of his Lands. 1690 Mor. Ess. Present Times v. 83 Incursion on the Out-bounds of his Lordships Priviledge and Authority. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xiii. 123 Though I had surrounded the whole Lake, yet I had not traced the out Bounds of the Wood, next the Rock. 1952 Ecology 33 503/1 Marking the outbounds of the present towns of Caton, Corning, and Thurston and other townships now within the towns of Bath, Rathbone, and Addison, all in Steuben County. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1540 |
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