Bourn
burn2 .
a bound; limit.
destination; goal.
realm; domain.
Historical Examples
Rural Rides William Cobbett
English Synonyms and Antonyms James Champlin Fernald
The Debatable Land Arthur Colton
The Debatable Land Arthur Colton
Mildred’s New Daughter Martha Finley
Rural Rides William Cobbett
Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. Frank Cowan
The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, March 1835 Various
Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends John Keats
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely Rev. Edward Conybeare.
noun (archaic)
a destination; goal
a boundary
noun
(mainly Southern English) a stream, esp an intermittent one in chalk areas Compare burn2
n.
The dread of something after death, The vndiscouered Countrey; from whose Borne No Traueller returnes. [“Hamlet” III.i.79]
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