- bourn
- or bourne noun Etymology: Middle English burn, bourne — more at burn Date: 12th century stream, brook
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Bourn — Bourn, Bourne Bourne, n. [F. borne. See {Bound} a limit.] A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal. [1913 Webster] Where the land slopes to its watery bourn. Cowper. [1913 Webster] The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bourn — Bourn, Bourne Bourne, n. [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. ?. The root is prob. that of burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bourn — index destination, end (intent), outline (boundary) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bourn — bourn1 or bourne [bôrn, boorn] n. [ME burne < OE burna, metathetic for brunna; akin to Ger brunnen, a spring: see BURN1] a brook or stream bourn2 or bourne [bôrn, boorn] n. [Fr borne < OFr bunne: see BOUND4] Archaic … English World dictionary
Bourn — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 52.19 longitude= 0.061 official name= Bourn population = 1,764 (2001) shire district= South Cambridgeshire shire county = Cambridgeshire region= East of England constituency westminster= post town=… … Wikipedia
Bourn — Der Name Bourn bezeichnet: Augustus O. Bourn (1834–1925), einen US amerikanischen Politiker Bourn (Cambridgeshire), einen Ort in England Siehe auch: Bourne Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung … Deutsch Wikipedia
bourn — {{11}}bourn (1) also bourne, small stream, especially of the winter torrents of the chalk downs, O.E. brunna, burna brook, stream, from P.Gmc. *brunnoz spring, fountain (Cf. O.H.G. brunno, O.N. brunnr, O.Fris. burna, Ger. Brunnen fountain, Goth.… … Etymology dictionary
bourn — I or bourne [[t]bɔrn, boʊrn[/t]] n. scot. a brook • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; see burn I II bourn [[t]bɔrn, boʊrn, bʊərn[/t]] n. archaic 1) a bound; limit 2) destination; goal 3) realm; domain • Etymology: 1515–25; earlier borne < MF, OF … From formal English to slang
Bourn Hall Clinic — in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England, is one of the world s leading centres for the treatment of infertility in couples. The original building, Bourn Hall , is about 400 years old. Since becoming a medical centre the clinic has seen great… … Wikipedia
Bourn Castle — was in the village of Bourn in Cambridgeshire, 10 miles to the west of Cambridge (gbmapping|TL322562).It originally consisted of wooden buildings on an earthwork enclosure which was erected in Norman times towards the end of the reign of William… … Wikipedia
Bourn Brook — is a common name for small rivers, reflected in a number of place names. See:* Bourn Brook, Cambridgeshire * Bournbrook, Birmingham * Bournville, Birminghamee also* Bourne … Wikipedia
