- 1. v. A stream or rivulet; a burn. Source: opted
- 2. n. A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal. Source: opted
- 3. n. an archaic term for a boundary Source: wordnet
- 4. n. an archaic term for a goal or destination Source: wordnet
- 5. A stream or rivulet; a burn. My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. Spenser. 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
- 6. n an archaic term for a boundary n an archaic term for a goal or destination Source: ecdict
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