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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bound, Bownd, ppl. a. [P.p. of Bind v. Cf. Bund ppl. a.] Bound or tied, in lit. or fig. senses.1513 Doug. vii. xii. 47 (Sm.).
Full prively … The woman mydlit wyth the god went bound [= with child] c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 909.
I was ane fre man … And now ane catiue bound and thrall 1558-66 Knox II. 431.
The bound slaiffis to Sathan 1560 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 96.
To the kirk doris, pannellis, bownd wark [etc.]
