A turn, trial, or round. An attack of illness; a convivial meeting.
♦ 'Bout ship, the brief order for "about ship."
·noun A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
without. Northumb. York, and Derb. See Antony and Cleopatra, Act iv. sc. 8. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·adv ·Alt. of <<Hereabouts>>. ...