Bourn
Pronunciation : Bourn, Bourne
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf. Torrent, and see Bu
Definition : Defn: A stream or rivulet; a burn. My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bourn, Bourne
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. borne. See Bound a limit.]
Definition : Defn: A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal. Where the land slopes to its watery bourn. Cowper. The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveler returns. Shak. Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song. Wordsworth. To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne. Tyndall.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913