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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BOUND, v. Used with out, “to swell out, enlarge” (Sc. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl.).Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 243:
Bunches of tales in prose and rhyme, which help to bound out the wallet of every ballad hawker in Scot.

[O.Sc. bolne, to swell, also boldin, bowdin (with intrusive d as in bound), Mid.Eng. bolne, Dan. bulne, Sw. bulna, O.N. bolgna (D.O.S.T.). Cf. Bowden.]

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