Definition of Bournes

1. bourne [n] - See also: bourne

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bournes

bourgeons
bourgie
bourgies
bourgs
bourguignon
bourguignon sauce
bourguignonne
bouri
bouris
bourkha
bourkhas
bourlaw
bourlaws
bourn
bourne
bournes (current term)
bournless
bournonite
bournonites
bournous
bournouses
bourns
bourree
bourrees
bourrelet
bourrelets
bourride
bourrides
bourse
bourses

Literary usage of Bournes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetic Year for 1916: A Critical Anthology by William Stanley Braithwaite (1917)
"... IX THE NOSTALGIA OF bournes THERE was something mysterious about Psyche's absence. She had not returned from town when we started for the grove. ..."

2. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain by Alfred John Jukes-Browne, William Hill (1904)
"Such bournes and " bourn-boles " occur in most of the counties which border the ... As a good example of such bournes, that between Caterham and Croydon, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer in Equity by Edward Younge, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1833)
"The bill then alleged applications to have been made on the part of the plaintiff", to the defendants, the bournes, to assign the judgment and the benefit ..."

4. The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the (1837)
"In 1824, the bournes commenced two several actions in the Court of King's Bench against Cawthorne and Dowbiggin respectively, for the sum secured by the ..."

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