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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bounding.]
 1. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
    Where full measure only bounds excess.   --Milton.
 Phlegethon . . .
 Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds.   --Dryden.
 2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bound·ing, a. Moving with a bound or bounds.
    The bounding pulse, the languid limb.   --Montgomery.