bourne

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

bourne, n. [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. . The root is prob. that of burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf. Torrent, and see Burn, v.].

 A stream or rivulet; a burn.  [1913 Webster]
"My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn."  [1913 Webster]

bourne, n. [F. borne. See Bound a limit.].

 A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal.  [1913 Webster]
"Where the land slopes to its watery bourn."  [1913 Webster]
"The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveler returns."  [1913 Webster]
"Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song."  [1913 Webster]
"To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne."  [1913 Webster]