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noun
1.
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
2.
period; session; spell: a bout of illness.
3.
a turn at work or any action.
4.
a going and returning across a field, as in mowing or reaping.
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Bouts
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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bout
1540s, from M.E. bught, probably from an unrecorded O.E. variant of byht "a bend," from P.Gmc. *bukhta-. Sense evolved from "a circuit of any kind" (as of a plow) to "a round at any kind of exercise" (1570s), "a round at fighting" (1590s), "a fit of drinking" (1660s).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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