Bound

i. [Fr. bondir. Etymol. uncertain.] To leap; to jump; to spring; to move forward by leaps; as, to bound over a fence. "Warbling to the varied strain, advance Two sprightly youths, to form the bounding dance." - Pope . -To rebound, to fly back by re-percu ion, as an elastic ball. "Mark then a bounding valour in our English, That being dead, like to the bullet s grazing, Burst out into a second course of mischief." - Shaks. -To cause to bound, spring, or leap. "If I might. bound my horse for her favours, I would lay on like a butcher, and sit like a jackanapes, Never off." Shaks. Bound, imp . and p . of BIND, q. v. Bound, a. [Icel. boen, boin, pp. from bua , to make ready.] Ready: prepared; ready to set out; destined; going, or intending to go; as, that ship is bound for London. "Willing we sought your shores, and hither bound. The port so long desir'd at length we found." - Dryden. -Used also in composition as a compound word; as homeward-bound, .