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Bout adv.2 and prep.2. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1888, rev. 2024. Bout adv.2 and prep.2 In 3 bute(n, bot, 6 bout, 7– ’bout. [ME. bute(n, aphet. form of abute(n, as, in later times, ’bout of ABOUT.]

1   A.  prep. In various senses of ABOUT. (Not in literary prose.)

2 c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 566. Ðor buten Noe long swing [MS. swinc] he dreȝ.

3 a. 1300.  Cursor M., 14106. Bise ert þou bot [v.r. a-bute] mani dede. Ibid., 21695. Quen strijf was bute þe preisthede.

4 1602.  Warner, Alb. Eng., X. lvii. 250. An Agnus Dei bout her neeke, a crost-Christ in her hand.

5 1622.  Massinger, Old Law, V. i. The nimble fencer … made me tear … ’bout the chamber.

6 1821.  Clare, Vill. Minstr., I. 17. Discourses … ’Bout work being slack, and rise and fall of bread.

7 a. 1845.  Hood, Agric. Distress, vi. While we bargain ’bout the hay.

8   B.  adv. In Nautical phr. ’bout ship = ‘put about the ship,’ that is, turn her head, alter her course.

9 1830.  Marryat, King’s Own, xvi. ’Bout ship, Mr. Pearce.

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