boun
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of boun
Middle English; see bound 4
Example Sentences
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Len Unger finds the boun a boon for he is an excellent ele phant rider.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boun with its Greek cross became akin to the Eucharistic bread or cross-marked wafers mentioned in St Chrysostom's Liturgy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
I needn’t ask ye; ye’re boun to guess.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
They’ll understan’ it, and come to tarms, I’ll be boun’.
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
Then boun they to faring, the bark biding quiet; Hung upon hawser the wide-fathom'd ship Fast at her anchor.
From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous
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