bourn

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bourn1 / bôrn; boŏrn/ (also bourne) • n. dial. a small stream, esp. one that flows intermittently or seasonally.bourn (also bourne) • n. poetic/lit. 1. a goal; a destination. 2. a limit; a boundary.

bourn

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bourn1 (arch.) boundary, limit. XVI. — (O)F. borne, earlier bodne BOUND1.

bourn

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bourn2 var. of BURN1.