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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; <as>as, to <ex>bound</ex> a ball on the floor</as>.</def> <mark>[Collog.]</mark>

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<hw>Bound</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>bound</b> of graceful hardihood. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Rebound; <as>as, the <ex>bound</ex> of a ball</as>.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Dancing)</fld> <def>Spring from one foot to the other.</def>

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<hw>Bound</hw>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Bind</er>.</def>

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<hw>Bound</hw>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inclosed in a binding or cover; <as>as, a <ex>bound</ex> volume</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; <as>as, he is <ex>bound</ex> to succeed; he is <ex>bound</ex> to fail.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Resolved; <as>as, I am <ex>bound</ex> to do it</as>.</def> <mark>[Collog. U. S.]</mark>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Constipated; costive.</def>

<note>&hand; Used also in composition; as, ice<i>bound</i>, wind<i>bound</i>, hide<i>bound</i>, etc.</note>

<cs><col>Bound bailiff</col> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under <i>bond<i> for the faithful discharge of his trust.</cd> -- <col>Bound up in</col>, <cd>entirely devoted to; inseparable from</cd>.</cs>

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<hw>Bound</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Past p. of OE. <ets>bounen</ets> to prepare, fr. <ets>boun</ets> ready, prepared, fr. Icel. <ets>b\'81<?/inn</ets>, p. p. of <ets>b\'81a</ets><?/ to dwell, prepare; akin to E. <ets>boor</ets> and <ets>bower</ets>. See <er>Bond</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Busk</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <def>Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with <i>to</i> or <i>for</i>, or with an adverb of motion; <as>as, a ship is <ex>bound</ex> to Cadiz, or <ex>for</ex> Cadiz</as>.</def> "The mariner <i>bound</i> homeward."

<i>Cowper.</i>

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<hw>Bound"a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Boundaries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu> <ety>[From <er>Bound</er> a limit; cf. LL. <i>bonnarium</i> piece of land with fixed limits.]</ety> <def>That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.</def>

<blockquote>But still his native country lies Beyond the <b>boundaries</b> of the skies. <i>N. Cotton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> That bright and tranquil stream, the <b>boundary</b> of Louth and Meath. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sensation and reflection are the <b>boundaries</b> of our thoughts. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Limit; bound; border; term; termination; barrier; verge; confines; precinct.</syn> <usage><er>Bound</er>, <er>Boundary</er>. <i>Boundary</i>, in its original and strictest sense, is a visible object or mark indicating a limit. <i>Bound</i> is the limit itself. But in ordinary usage the two words are made interchangeable.</usage>

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