bourn
1Bourn — Bourn, Bourne 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. Cowper. [1913 Webster] The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No… …
2Bourn — Bourn, Bourne 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… …
3bourn — index destination, end (intent), outline (boundary) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4bourn — bourn1 or bourne [bôrn, boorn] n. [ME burne < OE burna, metathetic for brunna; akin to Ger brunnen, a spring: see BURN1] a brook or stream bourn2 or bourne [bôrn, boorn] n. [Fr borne < OFr bunne: see BOUND4] Archaic …
5Bourn — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 52.19 longitude= 0.061 official name= Bourn population = 1,764 (2001) shire district= South Cambridgeshire shire county = Cambridgeshire region= East of England constituency westminster= post town=… …
6Bourn — Der Name Bourn bezeichnet: Augustus O. Bourn (1834–1925), einen US amerikanischen Politiker Bourn (Cambridgeshire), einen Ort in England Siehe auch: Bourne Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung …
7bourn — {{11}}bourn (1) also bourne, small stream, especially of the winter torrents of the chalk downs, O.E. brunna, burna brook, stream, from P.Gmc. *brunnoz spring, fountain (Cf. O.H.G. brunno, O.N. brunnr, O.Fris. burna, Ger. Brunnen fountain, Goth.… …
8bourn — I or bourne [[t]bɔrn, boʊrn[/t]] n. scot. a brook • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; see burn I II bourn [[t]bɔrn, boʊrn, bʊərn[/t]] n. archaic 1) a bound; limit 2) destination; goal 3) realm; domain • Etymology: 1515–25; earlier borne < MF, OF …
9Bourn Hall Clinic — in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England, is one of the world s leading centres for the treatment of infertility in couples. The original building, Bourn Hall , is about 400 years old. Since becoming a medical centre the clinic has seen great… …
10Bourn Castle — was in the village of Bourn in Cambridgeshire, 10 miles to the west of Cambridge (gbmapping|TL322562).It originally consisted of wooden buildings on an earthwork enclosure which was erected in Norman times towards the end of the reign of William… …
