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firbound

adj

Etymology

From fir + bound.

  1. derived from bombus — “a humming or buzzing”
  2. derived from bombitō — “hum, buzz”
  3. derived from bondir — “leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”
  4. inherited from *bounden✻
  5. compounded as firbound — “fir + bound”

Definitions

  1. Bounded or contained by one or many fir trees

    Bounded or contained by one or many fir trees; confined to the vicinity of fir trees.

    • Slate roofed and with liver-painted eaves, it stood in a weedy firbound garden.
    • These eggs produce the fir-overwintering form which in turn engenders two forms, one wingless and firbound, the other flying to spruce to beget either the spruce-overwintering form or a short-lived intermediary sexual generation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA