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BoundariesBoundary Bound"a*ry, n.; pl. Boundaries [From Bound a
limit; cf. LL. bonnarium piece of land with fixed limits.]
That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a
bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a
real or imaginary limit.
But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries
of the skies. --N. Cotton.
That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth
and Meath. --Macaulay.
Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our
thoughts. --Locke.
Syn: Limit; bound; border; term; termination; barrier; verge;
confines; precinct.
Usage: Bound, Boundary. Boundary, in its original and
strictest sense, is a visible object or mark
indicating a limit. Bound is the limit itself. But in
ordinary usage the two words are made interchangeable. BoundaryBoundary Bound"a*ry, n.; pl. Boundaries [From Bound a
limit; cf. LL. bonnarium piece of land with fixed limits.]
That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a
bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a
real or imaginary limit.
But still his native country lies Beyond the boundaries
of the skies. --N. Cotton.
That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth
and Meath. --Macaulay.
Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our
thoughts. --Locke.
Syn: Limit; bound; border; term; termination; barrier; verge;
confines; precinct.
Usage: Bound, Boundary. Boundary, in its original and
strictest sense, is a visible object or mark
indicating a limit. Bound is the limit itself. But in
ordinary usage the two words are made interchangeable. Compoundable
Compoundable Com*pound"a*ble, a.
That may be compounded.
Decompoundable
Decompoundable De`com*pound"a*ble, a.
Capable of being decompounded.
Foot poundal
Foot poundal Foot" pound`al (Mech.)
A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a
body through one foot against the force of one poundal.
FoundationFoundation Foun*da"tion, n. [F. fondation, L. fundatio. See
Found to establish.]
1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to
erect.
2. That upon which anything is founded; that on which
anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest
and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork;
basis.
Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . .
. a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. --Is.
xxviii. 16.
The foundation of a free common wealth. --Motley.
3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a
wall, including the base course (see Base course
(a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame
house, the whole substructure of masonry.
4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable
institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.
--Macaulay.
5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an
endowed institution or charity.
Against the canon laws of our foundation. --Milton.
Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n.
Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for
stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc.
Foundation school, in England, an endowed school.
To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the
proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a
college. Foundation courseFoundation Foun*da"tion, n. [F. fondation, L. fundatio. See
Found to establish.]
1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to
erect.
2. That upon which anything is founded; that on which
anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest
and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork;
basis.
Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . .
. a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. --Is.
xxviii. 16.
The foundation of a free common wealth. --Motley.
3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a
wall, including the base course (see Base course
(a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame
house, the whole substructure of masonry.
4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable
institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.
--Macaulay.
5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an
endowed institution or charity.
Against the canon laws of our foundation. --Milton.
Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n.
Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for
stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc.
Foundation school, in England, an endowed school.
To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the
proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a
college. Foundation muslinFoundation Foun*da"tion, n. [F. fondation, L. fundatio. See
Found to establish.]
1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to
erect.
2. That upon which anything is founded; that on which
anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest
and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork;
basis.
Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . .
. a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. --Is.
xxviii. 16.
The foundation of a free common wealth. --Motley.
3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a
wall, including the base course (see Base course
(a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame
house, the whole substructure of masonry.
4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable
institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.
--Macaulay.
5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an
endowed institution or charity.
Against the canon laws of our foundation. --Milton.
Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n.
Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for
stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc.
Foundation school, in England, an endowed school.
To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the
proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a
college. Foundation schoolFoundation Foun*da"tion, n. [F. fondation, L. fundatio. See
Found to establish.]
1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to
erect.
2. That upon which anything is founded; that on which
anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest
and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork;
basis.
Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . .
. a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. --Is.
xxviii. 16.
The foundation of a free common wealth. --Motley.
3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a
wall, including the base course (see Base course
(a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame
house, the whole substructure of masonry.
4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable
institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.
--Macaulay.
5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an
endowed institution or charity.
Against the canon laws of our foundation. --Milton.
Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n.
Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for
stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc.
Foundation school, in England, an endowed school.
To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the
proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a
college. Foundationer
Foundationer Foun*da"tion*er, n.
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a
college or school. [Eng.]
Foundationless
Foundationless Foun*da"tion*less, a.
Having no foundation.
Groundage
Groundage Ground"age, n.
A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it
occupies while in port. --Bouvier.
Impoundage
Impoundage Im*pound"age, n.
1. The act of impounding, or the state of being impounded.
2. The fee or fine for impounding.
Poundage
Poundage Pound"age, n.
1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for
each pound; a commission.
2. A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted
to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by
aliens, more. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
3. (Law) The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon
the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in
England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of
the pound. --Burrill. Bouvier.
Poundage
Poundage Pound"age, v. t.
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
[R.]
PoundagePoundage Pound"age, n. [See 3d Pound.]
1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public
pound.
2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle. PoundalPoundal Pound"al, n. [From 5th Pound.] (Physics & Mech.)
A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being
the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one
second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity
of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of
half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes. Roundabout
Roundabout Round"a*bout`, a.
1. Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
We have taken a terrible roundabout road. --Burke.
2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. ``Large, sound,
roundabout sense.' --Locke.
Roundabout
Roundabout Round"a*bout`, n.
1. A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses,
etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round. --Smart.
2. A dance performed in a circle. --Goldsmith.
3. A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.
4. A state or scene of constant change, or of recurring labor
and vicissitude. --Cowper.
Roundaboutness
Roundaboutness Round"a*bout`ness, n.
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
Soundable
Soundable Sound"a*ble, a.
Capable of being sounded.
Soundage
Soundage Sound"age (?; 48), n.
Dues for soundings.
To be on a foundationFoundation Foun*da"tion, n. [F. fondation, L. fundatio. See
Found to establish.]
1. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to
erect.
2. That upon which anything is founded; that on which
anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest
and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork;
basis.
Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . .
. a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. --Is.
xxviii. 16.
The foundation of a free common wealth. --Motley.
3. (Arch.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a
wall, including the base course (see Base course
(a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame
house, the whole substructure of masonry.
4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable
institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
He was entered on the foundation of Westminster.
--Macaulay.
5. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an
endowed institution or charity.
Against the canon laws of our foundation. --Milton.
Foundation course. See Base course, under Base, n.
Foundation muslin, an open-worked gummed fabric used for
stiffening dresses, bonnets, etc.
Foundation school, in England, an endowed school.
To be on a foundation, to be entitled to a support from the
proceeds of an endowment, as a scholar or a fellow of a
college. To exhibit a foundation or prizeExhibit Ex*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to
hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or
hold. See Habit.]
1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for
inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice
to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit
commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of
mind and body. --Pope.
2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in
course of proceedings; also, to present or offer
officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge
of high treason against the earl. --Clarendon.
3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to
tender it as a bounty to candidates.
To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in
public. [Obs.] Unboundably
Unboundably Un*bound"a*bly, adv.
Infinitely. [Obs.]
I am . . . unboundably beholding to you. --J. Webster
(1607).
Woundable
Woundable Wound"a*ble, a.
Capable of being wounded; vulnerable. [R.] --Fuller.
Meaning of Ounda from wikipedia
- east-west line: West Island, or Red
Island (H̱amra), 62 m high
Double Island (
Ounḏa Dâbali), 46 m high Low
Island (Tolka), 17 m high Big
Island (Kaḏḏa Dâbali)...
- and
colleagues described two new
sites in the
Ounda Gona
South area,
Ounda Gona
South 6 (OGS-6) and
Ounda Gona
South 7 (OGS-7)
dated to 2.6 Ma. OGS-6 and...
- sister,
Ginette Geneviève Y****e, were
raised by her uncle, Paul Raphaël
Ounda, and aunt, Bangalo.
Following high school, the
French governor sent Yagbao...
- Island, India, in the
Andaman Islands,
Indian Ocean South Brother Island (
Ounḏa Kômaytou), one of the
Seven Brothers (islands) in Bab-El-Mandeb strait,...
