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bouy

English

Noun

bouy

  1. Misspelling of buoy.

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boun

English

Etymology

From Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba?n/

Adjective

boun (comparative more boun, superlative most boun)

  1. (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
    • c. 1375, John Barbour, The Brus; or, The metrical history of Robert I, King of Scots.
      To this thai all assentyt ar, And bad thair men all mak thaim yar For to be boune, agayne that day, On the best wiss that cuir thai may.

Verb

boun (third-person singular simple present bouns, present participle bouning, simple past and past participle bouned)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or get ready; prepare.

Derived terms

  • bound

References

  • boun at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • boun in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • BuNo

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“prepare”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b?un/

Adjective

boun (comparative mair boun, superlative maist boun)

  1. ready, prepared
    Therefore ever thou mak thee boun / To obey, and thank thy God of all. — Robert Henryson, ‘The Abbey Walk’

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