| bound |
imp. |
of Bind, of Bind, 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., 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., To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France., 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., To rebound, as an elastic ball., To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse., To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor., A leap; an elastic spring; a jump., Rebound; as, the bound of a ball., Spring from one foot to the other., imp. & p. p. of Bind., Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like., Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume., Under legal or moral restraint or obligation., Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; — followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail., Resolved; as, I am bound to do it., Constipated; costive., 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. |
| bouge |
verb i. |
To swell out., To bilge., To stave in; to bilge., Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions., To scoop out with a gouge., To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb., To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. |