ˈwater-bound, a.
[bound ppl. a.2]
† 1. Allusive nonce-use. Unable to shed tears.
Perh. merely coined to match the corresponding use of wind-bound in the context. But it is possible that sense 2 was current in Fuller's time.
| 1646 Fuller Wounded Consc. (1647) 62 And though thou beest water-bound, be not wind-bound also, sigh, where thou canst not sob. |
2. Confined or detained by floods. Cf. wind-bound a.
| 1862 New York Tribune 30 Apr. 1/3 While water-bound, it [a foraging party] was attacked by guerrillas. |
3. Of clay: ? Impervious to water. ? Obs.
| 1710 D. Hilman Tusser Rediv. Oct. (1744) 136 Yet in some Years it [the clay] is very apt to be Water-bound and Steely. |
4. Of macadam roads: Solidified by rolling and watering.
| 1909 Westm. Gaz. 30 Aug. 2/1 Where water is scarce..for the re-coating of a water-bound road. 1919 Glasgow Her. 24 June 4 Mr. Drummond has no hesitation in calling for the abolition of the long-established water-bound macadam. |