The bounding main..
Polar
...why "bounding"?
Somebody with better resources than moi might be able to
research/explain.
TIA
--
Polar
Harvey V
>
> ...why "bounding"?
Perhaps simply referring to one of the meanings of the verb "to bound"
-- "to leap or spring"?
I've certainly always pictured "the bounding main" to be one with
rolling/leaping waves rather than a flat, calm sea.
Harvey
Alan Jones
"Polar" <sme...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>
> ...why "bounding"?
>
> Somebody with better resources than moi might be able to
> research/explain.
"Over the bounding main" appears in a poem at
http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/s056.html; no author given, no date, but it
sounds Victorian.
In the poem, it might mean almost anything: substitute a nautical adjective
to suit. Possibly "boisterous", but "bounding" could refer to the mighty
ocean that girds the earth, as in antique geography - so "all-encompassing".
The poem wishes a safe voyage to those sailing to "distant climes".
Alan Jones
John Dean
Calm and deep peace, on this high wind;
And on these dews that drench the furze,
And all the silvery gossamers
That twinkle into green and gold.
"Calm and still light on yon great plain
That sweeps with all it's autumn bowers;
And crowded farms and lessening towers,
To mingle with the bounding main."
~~Tennyson.
One meaning of 'bounding' is 'limiting, forming a boundary' so the idea may
be that the Sea forms a natural limit to and boundary of the land.
Of course, main can mean either an expanse of sea or an expanse of land, so
Tennyson may be referring to land rather than sea.
--
John Dean
Oxford
De-frag to reply
Pat Durkin
>
> Somebody with better resources than moi might be able to
> research/explain.
Polar, I like the suggestions thus far presented. As interpretations of a
rather poetic phrase, then I think you got some great ideas for keeping in
mind as you read the rest of the passage. I can hear the wind, the waves,
and some sailors dancing and yelling!! If the sea isn't bounding, the ship
is.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=the+bounding+main&hl=en&rnum=8&selm=620d9p
%24ggi%40alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu
I liked reading this aspect of "the bounding main.... "
but the same google search brought up the lyrics to "A life on the ocean
wave", or "sailing,sailing."
Anthony Thomas
bound for the boundless bounding main,
and if the bounder be not drowned,
he will be back, I will be bound.
Tom AOT
Bill McCray
wrote:
A word puzzle:
NaCl+H20 NaCl+H20
theMAINthe
Bill McCray
Lexington, KY
Anthony Thomas
>
> NaCl+H20 NaCl+H20
> theMAINthe
>
> Bill McCray
> Lexington, KY
Could be a case of ...case? Salty water...upper case MAIN , lower case
"the" ? A sort of " bounding" MAIN ?
Tom AOT
Pat Durkin
"Bill McCray" <BillM...@MindSpring.com> wrote in message
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I get.... (saltwater... not really "sailing, sailing" I can't get that
part..)
but ( ) "Over 'the' bounding MAIN " I get.
Pat
Anthony Thomas
"Pat Durkin" wrote > > >
> > NaCl+H20 NaCl+H20
> > theMAINthe
>
> I get.... (saltwater... not really "sailing, sailing" I can't get that
> part..) > but ( ) "Over 'the' bounding MAIN " I get.
> > Pat
>
Tom AOT
Pat Durkin
"Anthony Thomas" <bee...@beeb.net> wrote in message
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Oh, God. saline, saline.... LOL (I hope I can use these abbreviations,
AFAICT and AFAIK appear often enough. I throw in a <g> now and then, just
to see if the PO-lice are on their toes.)
Pat
>
>
Bill McCray
wrote:
What's another word associated with saltwater?
Bill McCray
Lexington, KY
Bill McCray
wrote:
>
Pat & Tom: Good teamwork there.
Bill
Odysseus
>
> NaCl+H20 NaCl+H20
> theMAINthe
>
Shouldn't the first line be "NaCl(aq), NaCl(aq)"?
--Odysseus
Matti Lamprhey
> "Pat Durkin" <durk...@nothome.com> wrote:
> >
> >I get.... (saltwater... not really "sailing, sailing" I can't get
> >that part..)
> >
> >but ( ) "Over 'the' bounding MAIN " I get.
>
> What's another word associated with saltwater?
Briny.
Matti
Anthony Thomas
I think not. It doesn't scan.
Tom AOT
Glenn Booth
True. Hence the reason I hesitated before writing
'Saline saline everywhere and all the boards did shrink
Saline saline everywhere, nor any drop to drink'.
Regards,
Glenn.