bourne

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bourne
    n 1: an archaic term for a boundary [syn: {bourn}, {bourne}]
    2: an archaic term for a goal or destination [syn: {bourn},
       {bourne}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bourn \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 forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf.
   {Torrent}, and see {Burn}, v.]
   A stream or rivulet; a burn.
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         My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn.
                                                  --Spenser.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bourn \Bourn\, Bourne \Bourne\, n. [F. borne. See {Bound} a
   limit.]
   A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal.
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         Where the land slopes to its watery bourn. --Cowper.
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         The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
         No traveler returns.                     --Shak.
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         Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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         To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne.
                                                  --Tyndall.
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from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Bourne, MA (CDP, FIPS 7140)
  Location: 41.73269 N, 70.61397 W
  Population (1990): 1284 (921 housing units)
  Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 3.3 sq km (water)

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Bourne, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
   Population (2000):    1443
   Housing Units (2000): 946
   Land area (2000):     1.718894 sq. miles (4.451914 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.243635 sq. miles (3.221000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.962529 sq. miles (7.672914 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            07140
   Located within:       Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
   Location:             41.735027 N, 70.612800 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Bourne, MA
    Bourne