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Bound(medicine)
outward-bound(dictionary)

bound(1) (iou)



bound adjective1. Orig. boun. ME.
[Old Norse buinn pa. pple of bua prepare, -d partly euphonic, partly infl. by BOUND adjective2: cf. BOUN verb.]
Ready, prepared; attired. ME-M19.
Sir W. Scott A band of war Has for two days been ready boune.
Ready to start or having set out (for, on, to); moving in a specified direction. LME.
homeward-bound, northbound, outward-bound, southbound, etc.
J. F. W. Herschel Bound on we know not what errand. C. A. Lindbergh My grandfather..embarked on a ship bound for America.
About to do, going to do. north. M19.