bournbournen.¹

Brit.

/bɔːn/, U.S.

/bɔrn/

Forms: (Old English burn, burna, Old English–Middle English burne), Middle English, 1600s borne, Middle English– bourne, Middle English–1600s bowrne, 1500s–1600s boorn(e, 1600s– bourn.

Etymology: A variant of burn n.¹, being the form commonly used in the south of England since the 14th cent. Originally pronounced like burn, adjourn: but the influence of the r disturbed the pronunciation, as in mourn; whence the modern spelling and pronunciation.

A small stream, a brook; often applied (in this spelling) to the winter bournes or winter torrents of the chalk downs. Applied to northern streams it is usually spelt burn n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > brook or brooklet

brookc888

ritheeOE

burnc1000

bournc1390

becka1400

brooketa1552

gill1635

stell1651

branch1663

turlough1686

brooklet1813

nant1923

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. Prol. 8 Vndur a brod banke bi a Bourne syde.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 973 Bow vp to-warde þys bornez heued.

c1440 Bone Flor. 609 Ranne bowrnes all on blode.

1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 288 Sundry smal brookes, or boornes.

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 3 The Bourns, the Brooks, the Becks, the Rills, the Riuilets.

1637 J. Milton Comus 11 And every boskie bourne from side to side.

a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §281 292 Whereout..a spring breaketh, by some called a borne.

1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 10 Those ancient and present Rivers, Brooks, Boorns, Pools, Wells, Conduits, and Aqueducts, which serve to refresh the City of London.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 65 He [Drayton], whose rustic muse..sung the bosky bourns of Alfred's shires.

a1856 H. W. Longfellow Happiest Land viii Over mountain gorge and bourn [rhyme-wd. horn].

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 22 The villages on the downs are generally on a bourne, or winter water-course..In summer it is a broad winding trench..along whose bed you may stroll dryshod..In winter, the bourne often has the appearance of a broad brook.

figurative.c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 71 In þin herte blood, þat holi bourne [rhyme-wd. spurn].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bournv.

Brit.

/bɔːn/, U.S.

/bɔrn/

Etymology: < bourne n.²

rare.

transitive. To set a limit or bounds to; to bound; to check.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]

thringc1250

restrain1384

bound1393

abounda1398

limita1398

pincha1450

pin?a1475

prescribec1485

define1513

coarcta1529

circumscribe1529

restrict1535

conclude1548

limitate1563

stint1567

chamber1568

contract1570

crampern1577

contain1578

finish1587

pound1589

confine1597

terminate1602

noosec1604

border1608

constrain1614

coarctate1624

butta1631

to fasten down1694

crimp1747

bourn1807

to box in1845

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > set a limit to

define1513

stint1513

appointa1533

terminate1602

span1623

bourn1807

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 150 A second world..By oceans bourn'd.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 106 Nor rocks, nor precipice, nor torrent's force Shall bourn his headlong and resistless force.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bourn
释义	bournbournen.¹ Brit. /bɔːn/, U.S. /bɔrn/ Forms: (Old English burn, burna, Old English–Middle English burne), Middle English, 1600s borne, Middle English– bourne, Middle English–1600s bowrne, 1500s–1600s boorn(e, 1600s– bourn. Etymology: A variant of burn n.¹, being the form commonly used in the south of England since the 14th cent. Originally pronounced like burn, adjourn: but the influence of the r disturbed the pronunciation, as in mourn; whence the modern spelling and pronunciation. A small stream, a brook; often applied (in this spelling) to the winter bournes or winter torrents of the chalk downs. Applied to northern streams it is usually spelt burn n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > brook or brooklet brookc888 ritheeOE burnc1000 bournc1390 becka1400 brooketa1552 gill1635 stell1651 branch1663 turlough1686 brooklet1813 nant1923 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. Prol. 8 Vndur a brod banke bi a Bourne syde. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 973 Bow vp to-warde þys bornez heued. c1440 Bone Flor. 609 Ranne bowrnes all on blode. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 288 Sundry smal brookes, or boornes. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 3 The Bourns, the Brooks, the Becks, the Rills, the Riuilets. 1637 J. Milton Comus 11 And every boskie bourne from side to side. a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §281 292 Whereout..a spring breaketh, by some called a borne. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 10 Those ancient and present Rivers, Brooks, Boorns, Pools, Wells, Conduits, and Aqueducts, which serve to refresh the City of London. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 65 He [Drayton], whose rustic muse..sung the bosky bourns of Alfred's shires. a1856 H. W. Longfellow Happiest Land viii Over mountain gorge and bourn [rhyme-wd. horn]. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 22 The villages on the downs are generally on a bourne, or winter water-course..In summer it is a broad winding trench..along whose bed you may stroll dryshod..In winter, the bourne often has the appearance of a broad brook. figurative.c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 71 In þin herte blood, þat holi bourne [rhyme-wd. spurn]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bournv. Brit. /bɔːn/, U.S. /bɔrn/ Etymology: < bourne n.² rare. transitive. To set a limit or bounds to; to bound; to check. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] thringc1250 restrain1384 bound1393 abounda1398 limita1398 pincha1450 pin?a1475 prescribec1485 define1513 coarcta1529 circumscribe1529 restrict1535 conclude1548 limitate1563 stint1567 chamber1568 contract1570 crampern1577 contain1578 finish1587 pound1589 confine1597 terminate1602 noosec1604 border1608 constrain1614 coarctate1624 butta1631 to fasten down1694 crimp1747 bourn1807 to box in1845 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > set a limit to define1513 stint1513 appointa1533 terminate1602 span1623 bourn1807 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 150 A second world..By oceans bourn'd. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 106 Nor rocks, nor precipice, nor torrent's force Shall bourn his headlong and resistless force. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see also also refers to : bournebournn.² < n.¹c1390v.1807 see also
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