boun
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of boun
Middle English; 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
We be boun for the Castle of Brookside, which is my chiefest manor house, though no great things.
From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May
By Geehosophat, thur’s boun to be, sartint as sun-up!”
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
They’ll understan’ it, and come to tarms, I’ll be boun’.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
To bed the worthy king made him boun; To take his rest, that was his desire; He was no sooner cast on sleep But his chamber was on a blazing fire.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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