bound 
6. Determined; resolved: as, he is bound to 
do it. [Colloq., U. S.] 7. In entom., attached 
by the posterior extremity to a perpendicular 
object, and supported in an upright position 
against it, by a silken thread passing across 
the thorax, as the chrysalides of certain Lcpi- 
doptera. 8. Constipated in the bowels; cos- 
tive. 9f. Pregnant: said of a woman. 10. 
Provided with binding or a cover : said of books, 
etc. : as, bound volumes can be obtained in ex- 
change for separate parts ; bound in leather. 
Bound electricity. See induction. Bound extra, in 
full binding (as opposed to half- or quarter-binding), full- 
tooled, and forwarded and finished with extra care (gener- 
ally by hand) and in the best materials : applied to bound 
books. Bound up In. (a) Embodied in; inseparably 
connected with. 
The whole State . . . being botind up in the sovereign. 
Brouyhatn. 
Quarrel not rashly with adversities not yet understood, 
and overlook not the mercies often bound up in them. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., i. 29. 
(b) Having all the affections centered in ; entirely devoted 
She is the only child of a decrepit father whose life is 
bound up in hers. Steele, Spectator, No. 449. 
bound 4 (bound), a. [With excrescent -d after 
n, as in sotmdP, round 1 , etc., or by confusion 
with bound 3 , < ME. boun, boune, ready, pre- 
pared: see boun, a.~] Prepared; ready; hence, 
going or intending to go; destined: with to 
01 for: as, I am bound for London; the ship is 
bound for the Mediterranean. 
A chieftain to the Highlands bound. 
Campbell, Lord Ulliu's Daughter. 
Willing we sought your shores, and hither bound, 
The port so long desired at length we found. 
Dryden, .ffllneid, vii. 294. 
bound 4 t (bound), v. i. [Var. of boun, v., as 
bound*, a., of boun, a."} To lead; go. [Rare.] 
The way that does to heaven boutnd. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. x. 67. 
boundary (boun'da-ri), n. ; pi. boundaries (-riz). 
[< bouncP- + -ary ; cf. ML. bunnarium, bonna- 
rium, a field with certain limits.] That which 
serves to indicate the bounds or limits of any- 
thing ; hence, a limiting or bounding line ; a 
bound : as, the horizon is the boundary of vision ; 
the northern boundary of the United States. 
Sleep hath its own world, 
A boundary between the things misnamed 
Death and existence. Byron, The Dream, i. 
The Tamar was fixed as a boundary for the West Welsh 
of Cornwall, as the Wye had been made a boundary for 
the North Welsh of our Wales. 
J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 212. 
= Syn. Boundary, Bound, Border, Confine, Frontier. A 
boundary, in its stricter sense, is a visible mark indicat- 
ing a dividing-line between two things, or it is that line 
itseU ; it marks off a given thing from other things like 
in kind, as one field or country from another. A bound, on 
the other hand, is the limit or furthest point of extension 
of one given thing, that which limits it not being specially 
considered ; it can be used of that which is not limited 
by anything like iu kind : as, the boundaries of a field, 
but the bounds of space ; the boundaries of a science, but 
the bounds of knowledge. Hence the figurative uses of 
bound : as, " I believe I speak within bounds," where boun- 
daries would be absurd. Thus, the bounds of a parish may 
be defined by certain marks or boundaries, as heaps of 
stones, dikes, hedges, streams, etc., separating it from the 
adjoining parishes. But the two words are often inter- 
changeable. A border is a belt or band of territory lying 
along a bound or boundary. A confine is the region at or 
near the edge, and generally a narrower margin than a 
border. A frontier is a border viewed as a front or place of 
entrance : as, he was met at the frontier. The word is 
used most in connection with military operations : as, 
their frontiers were well protected by fortresses. 
I at least, who, in my own West-Saxon home, find my 
own fields and my own parish bounded by a boundary 
drawn in the year 577 am not disposed to disbelieve the 
record of the events which led to the fixing of that boun- 
dary. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 105. 
He pass'd the flaming bounds of space and time. 
Gray, Prog, of Poesy, iii. 2. 
His princedom lay 
Close on the borders of a territory 
Wherein were bandit earls, and caitiff knights. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
The heavens and sea 
Meet at their confines, in the middle way. 
Dryden, Ceyx and Alcyone, 1. 154. 
/Ethelflied strengthened her western frontier against 
any inroad from the Welsh by the erection of forts at 
Scargate and Bridgenorth. 
J. R. Green, Conq. of Eng., p. 190. 
bound-bailifft (bound'ba/'lif), , [< bounds + 
bailiff; so called, according to Blackstone, in 
allusion to the bond given by the bailiff for the 
faithful discharge of his duties ; but the term is 
merely a fictitious explanation of bumbailiff.J 
A sheriffs officer ; a bumbailiff. 
bounded (boun'ded), p. a. Having bounds 
or limits; limited; circumscribed; confined; 
cramped; narrow. 
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The meaner cares of life were all he knew ; 
Bounded his pleasures, and his wishes few. 
Crabbe, The Library. 
An eye well-practised in nature, a spirit bounded and poor. 
Tennyson, Maud, iv. 7. 
boundedness (boun'ded-nes), n. The quality 
of being bounded, limited, or circumscribed; 
limited extent or range. 
Both are singularly bounded, our working-class repro- 
ducing, in a way unusual in other countries, the bounded- 
ness of the middle. M. Arnold, The Nadir of Liberalism. 
bonnden (boun'den or -dn), p. a. [Older form 
of bound 3 , pp. of bind.'] 1. Obliged; bound, or 
under obligation ; beholden. 
I am much bounden to your majesty. 
Shak., K. John, iii. 3. 
It is no common thing when one like you 
Performs the delicate services, and therefore 
I feel myself much bounden to you, Oswald. 
Wordsworth, The Borderers, i. 
2. Appointed; indispensable; obligatory. 
I offer this my bounden nightly sacrifice. Coleridye. 
[In both senses archaic, its only present com- 
mon use being in the phrase bounden duty."] 
boundenlyt (boun'den-li or -dn-li), adv. In a 
bounden or dutiful manner: as, " most boun- 
denly obedient," Ochin, Sermons (trans.), Epist. 
Dedicatory, 1583. 
bounder (boun'der), . 1. One who limits; one 
who establishes or imposes bounds. 
Now the bounder of all these is only God himself. 
Fotherby, Atheomastix, p. 274. 
2f. Boundary. 
Kingdoms are bound within their bounders, as it were 
in bands. Fotherby, Atheomastix, p. 274. 
3f. Formerly, in Cornwall, England, an officer 
whose business it was yearly to renew (hence 
also called the renewer or tollar) the marks in- 
dicating the corners of a tin-bound. This had to 
be done once a year, and usually on a saint's day, and the 
operation consisted in cutting out a turf from each corner, 
and piling it on the top of the little bank of turf already 
laid there. Pryce. 
boundless (bound'les), a. [< bound 1 + -less.] 
Without bounds or limits; unlimited; uncon- 
fined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite: as, 
boundless space ; boundless power. 
He who, from zone to zone, 
Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight. 
Bryant, To a Waterfowl. 
In England there is no written constitution ; the powers 
of Parliament, of King, Lords, and Commons, acting to- 
gether, are literally boundless. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 191. 
boundlessly (bound'les-li), adv. In a boundless 
manner. 
boundlessness (bound'les-nes), . The state 
or quality of being boundless or without limits. 
bounduret (boun'dur), n. [< bound^ + -ure. 
Cf. boundary."] A limit or bound. Sir T. Herbert. 
bounteous (boun'te-us), o. [Early mod. E. 
also boiintuous; < ME. bountyuous, bonteuous, 
earlier bountevous, bountyveits, bontyvous, < OF. 
bontif, bontive, benevolent, < bonte, goodness, 
bounty: see bounty and -ous.~\ 1. Full of good- 
ness to others ; giving or disposed to give free- 
ly ; free in bestowing gifts ; bountiful ; gener- 
ously liberal. 
Such was her soul ; abhorring avarice, 
Bounteous, but almost bounteous to a vice. 
Dryden, Eleonora, 1. 86. 
I wonder'd at the bounteous hours, 
The slow result of winter showers : 
Yon scarce could see the grass for flowers. 
Tennyson, Two Voices. 
2. Characterized by or emanating from bounty ; 
freely bestowed; liberal; plentiful; abundant. 
Beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse 
The bounteous largess given thee to give? 
Shak., Sonnets, iv. 
= Syn. 1. Munificent, generous, beneficent, kind. 
bounteously (boun'te-us-li), adv. In a boun- 
teous manner; with generous liberality; liber- 
ally; generously; largely; freely. 
Let me know that man, 
Whose love is so sincere to spend his blood 
For my sake ; I will bounteously requite him. 
Beau, and Fl., Honest Man's Fortune, ii. 2. 
bounteonsness (boun'te-us-nes), n. The qual- 
ity of being bounteous ;' liberality in bestowing 
gifts or favors ; munificence ; kindness. 
bounteth, bountith (boun'teth, -tith), n. [Sc., 
< late ME. bountith, < OF. buntet, bontet, earlier 
form of bonte, > ME. bounte, E. bounty, q. v.] 
Bounty; specifically, the bounty given in addi- 
tion to stipulated wages. 
bountevoust, A Middle English form of boun- 
teous. CJtaueer. 
bountiful (bouu'ti-ful), a. [< bounty + -//.] 
1. Liberal in bestowing gifts, favors, or boun- 
ties; munificent; generous. 
bouquet-holder 
God, the bountiful author of our being. Locke. 
Our king spares nothing to give them the share of that 
felicity of which he is so bountiful to his kingdom. 
Drtjden. 
2. Characterized by or manifesting bounty; 
abundant; liberal; ample: as, a bountiful sup- 
piy- 
Nurse went up stairs with a most bountiful cut of home- 
baked bread and bntter. Brooke, Fool of Quality, 1. 167. 
The late bountiful grant from His Majesty's ministers. 
Burke, Nabob of Arcot. 
bountifully (boun'ti-ful-i), adv. In a bountiful 
manner; liberally; largely. 
They are less bountifully provided than the rich with 
the materials of happiness for the present life. 
Bp. Porteoux, Lectures, II. xvii. 
bpuntifulness (boun'ti-ful-nes), n. The qual- 
ity of being bountiful ; liberality in the bestow- 
ment of gifts and favors, 
bountiheadt, bountihoodt (boun'ti-hed, -hud), 
n. [One of Spenser's words ; < bounty + -head, 
-7ioorf.] Bounteousness ; goodness; virtue. 
On firme foundation of true bountyhed. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. xii. 1. 
bountith, n. See bounteth. 
boun-tree (bon'tre), . [An unexplained var. 
of bour-tree."} Same as "hour-tree. [Scotch.] 
bounty (boun'ti), n. ; pi. bounties (-tiz). [< ME. 
bountee, bounte,< AF. bountee, OF. bonte, bonteit, 
bontet, buntet, mod. F. bonte = Pr. bontat = Sp. 
bondad = Pg. bondade = It. bonta, < L. boni- 
ta(t-)s, goodness, < bonus, good: see boon 3 ."] 
If. Goodness; virtue. 
Ne blott the bounty of all womankind 
'Mongst thousands good, one wanton dame to find. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. i. 49. 
2. Liberality in bestowing gifts and favors; 
generosity ; munificence. 
Let us adore Him for the streams of bounty, which flow 
unceasingly, from the fountains of His life, to all His 
countless creatures. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 84. 
3. A favor bestowed with a benevolent dispo- 
sition ; that which is given bounteously ; a free 
gift: as, "thy morning bounties," Cowper. 
We concluded our visit with a bounty, which was very 
acceptable. Addismi, Sir Eoger and the Witches. 
4. A premium or reward ; specifically, a pre- 
mium offered by a government to induce men 
to enlist into the public service, or to encourage 
some branch of industry, as husbandry, manu- 
factures, or commerce Bounty emigrant, one 
whose passage to the country where he intends to remain 
is partly or wholly paid by the government of that coun- 
try. Bounty Land Act, a United States statute of 1850 
(9 Stat., 520), granting lands to those engaged in the mili- 
tary service, or to their widows or minor children, in 
amounts proportioned to time of service. Queen Anne's 
bounty, a fund instituted by Queen Anne from the first 
fruits and tithes of the larger benefices of the English 
Church to augment the smaller clerical livings. = Syn. 2. 
Liberality, Generosity, etc. See beneficence. 
bounty-jumper (boun'ti-jum // per), n. One who 
enlists as a soldier for the sake of a bounty 
offered, and then deserts, as during the Ameri- 
can civil war of 1861-65. 
Bringing into the service many bounty-jumpers, as they 
were called, who enlisted merely for money, and soon de- 
serted to enlist again. 
Hiflyinson, Young Folks' Hist. V. S., p. 306. 
Bouphonia (bo-fo'm-8,), n. pi. [Gr. /tot^dwa, a 
festival with sacrifices of oxen, < /3ou0<irof, ox- 
slaying (poinfavelv, slaughter oxen), < /3oZ>f, an 
ox, + -dovof, slaying (cf. </>6vof, <fmvrj, slaughter, 
murder), < *<t>eveiv, slay, kill.] An ancient Attic 
festival in honor of Zeus, more commonly called 
Diipolia (which see). 
bouquet (bo-ka'), n. [F., a nosegay, a plume, 
< OF. botisquet, bosquet = Pr.. bosquet, lit. a lit- 
tle bush, dim. of bosc = OF. bos, a wood, bush : 
see bois, boslcet, basket, and bush.] 1. A nose- 
gay; a bunch of flowers; hence, something re- 
sembling a bunch of flowers, as a cluster of 
precious stones, a piece or flight of fireworks, 
etc. 
He entered the room thus set off, with his hair dressed 
in the first style, and with a handsome bouquet in his 
breast. Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 97. 
I have a bouquet to come home to-morrow made up of 
diamonds, and rubies, and emeralds. 
Oilman and Garrick, Clandestine Marriage, i. -1. 
2. An agreeable non-spiritous perfume char- 
acteristic of some wines. 
bouquet-holder (bo-ka'hol"der), H. A contri- 
vance for holding together the stems of cut 
flowers, whether held iu the hand or secured to 
the dress. Bouquet-holders held in the hand are repre- 
sented in ancient Egyptian bas-reliefs and paintings ; they 
have always been used in China made of fine basket-work 
imd of valuable minerals : and in tin- eighteenth century, 
in western Europe, women carried Hat Hasks of metal or 
glass inserted within the eorsa^e, holding tall nosegays 
which covered the bosom. Also called bauqwtiw. 
