3. The words to bind or binding, are also used to signify that a thing is subject to an obligation, engagement or liability; as, the judgment binds such an estate. Vide Lien.
Confidence votes 381. Although there have been no official studies on the average age of someone's first kiss, it is common to experience your first kiss sometime in your pre-teen or teenage years. The Mirror reported in 2007 that 15 is the average age for Brits to have their first kiss.
The average age of first marriage in the US has always been above 20 years old for women. The Census (warning PDF) only officially started tracking the number in 1890 when the average age was 22. That is of course well after Poe's time.