Careful Words

bind (n.)

bind (v.)

Than catch and hold while I may, fast binde, fast finde.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Proverbes. Part i. Chap. iii.

Dry sun, dry wind;

Safe bind, safe find.

Thomas Tusser (Circa 1515-1580): Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. Washing.

Give me another horse: bind up my wounds.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.