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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 333 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOURNE (See also:southern See also:form of See also:burn, See also:Teutonic See also:born, See also:bran, burna)  , an intermittent stream frequent in See also:chalk and See also:limestone See also:country where the See also:rock becomes saturated with See also:winter See also:rain, that slowly drains away until the rock becomes dry, when the stream ceases . A heavy rainfall will cause streams to run in winter from the saturated See also:soil . These are the winter bournes that have given name to several settlements upon See also:Salisbury See also:Plain, such as Winterbourne See also:Gunning . The " See also:bourne " may also be a permanent " See also:burn," but the word is usually applied to an intermittent stream .

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