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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