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Bound, Bownd, n.1 [ME. bound(e, bownd(e, AF. bounde, OF. bunde, bonde. Cf. Bonde n. and Bund n.]

1. pl. The boundary or limits of a territory, district, or area; the land or area included within these limits.Sometimes defined by indicating the occupants or possessors (1), or by the name of the country or district (2).(1) 1375 Barb. x. 505.
Othir [places] that neir The Ynglis mennis bowndis weir
a1400 Leg. S. xxi. 398.
The mone … was … in the bowndis of Saturnus
1385 Rotuli Sc. II. 73/1.
Radresse … of all thinges don betwix thair boundes apon the West Marche
c1420 Wynt. viii. 6308.
Othir sere of Scottis men Held stalwartly thare bowndis then
14.. Acts I. 90*/2.
Within the boundis of the gyld
1454 Rep. Hist. MSS. VII. 720/1.
The … worthiest personeis within the bovndis of ȝurez office
1456 Hay I. 7/19.
The quhilk walde nocht thole thame to pas throu his boundis
c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar W. 404.
I banyst fra my boundis his brethir ilkane
1513 Doug. i. v. 85.
Boundis of senȝeory Nane wil I set
Ib. 126.
Les than Dido … Wald thame expell hyr boundis
c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 185.
For augmenting of thy boundis
1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 199.
Wappin schawingis to be haid within thair awin boundis
a1568 Scott v. 36.
Grit men within thair boundis
(2) 1456 Hay I. 208/28.
Quhare ever thai mycht be ourtane within the boundis of Fraunce
1480 Orkney & Sh. Rec. I. 52.
Landis … within the bowndis of Orknay and Schetland
1487 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 53.
Certane places within the boundis … of the said burgh
1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 233/2.
Balȝe within the boundis of the … barony of Dunbar
1513 Doug. i. vii. 43.
The boundis of this cité
Ib. iii. vi. 161.
Towart the boundis of Italy
1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xli.
In all boundis of Scotland … is gret plente of haris [etc.]
1550 Reg. Privy C. I. 84.
Personis … duelland within the boundes of the Merse
1581 Acts III. 255/2.
Within the boundis of the saidis landis or sie cost thairoff
1596 Dalr. I. 2/8.
I wil first … descriue the quarteris and boundes of Scotland
1613 St. A. Baxter Bks. 79.
Within the bowndis of this citie
1649 Grant Chart. 243.
Quhat prejudice the bownds of Knochandoche … hes sustained
(3) c1420 Wynt. viii. 6296.
Thai bowndis fast to thaim drew thai
a1500 Henr. Fab. 808.
The boundis quhair thow wes wont for to repair
1513 Doug. iii. v. 102.
The quhilk boundis … He has to name clepit Chaonya
1531 Bell. Boece I. 4.
Ane strange pepill suld cum sumtime to dwell in thay boundis
1533 Boece xiii. ix. 518 b.
Forraying diuers boundis of bestiall
1572 Sat. P. xxx. 10.
Methwen may murne, and all the bounds about
a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 763.
Thair is na boundis bot I haif bene
1592 Wemyss Corr. 41.
Sic boundis as hes schaiken of thair allegeance
1634 Stirling's Royal Lett. II. 726.
Such persones as ar … interested in these boundis
1665 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 223.
That the said boundis … [are] nowayes to be includit within the boundis … of the said loch

b. In the sing., or in plural form as a singular. 1479 Acta Conc. 24/1.
A gift made to thaim of a bounde … be our souuerain lordis progenitouris
1533 Bell. Livy I. 31/20.
He compasit ane certane boundis
1570 Leslie 251.
As thay culd on no wayis do in that boundis
1596 Dalr. I. 63/4.
Amang thir [islands] is ane … , quhilke is of sik a boundes that the inhabitouris calles it the mayne land

c. With reference to a limited space. c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1308.
Nane durst cum … Within the boundis of his brand
a1585 Maitl. Q. xcii. 1.
This hollow grave within hir bounds dois close [etc.]

2. (Usually pl.) The limit(s) of something immaterial. 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 293.
Gif I had nocht bene to a boundis constrenyt
Ib. 378.
Logicianys … Vndir quhais boundis lurkis mony strange went
c1550 Rolland C. Venus iii. 325.
Say quhat ȝe will and keip ȝow within bound
1558 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 113.
Oure … lytle tractive sulde exceid the boundis, and grow unto ane gret werk

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