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Webster 1913 Edition


Bough

Bough

,
Noun.
[OE.
bogh
, AS.
bōg
,
bōh
, bough, shoulder; akin to Icel.
bōgr
shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw.
bog
, Dan.
bov
, OHG.
buog
, G.
bug
, and to Gr.[GREEK] ( for [GREEK] ) forearm, Skr.
bāhu
(for
bhāghu
) arm. √88, 251. Cf.
Bow
of a ship.]
1.
An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.
2.
A gallows.
[Archaic]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bough

BOUGH

,
Noun.
bou.
The branch of a tree; applied to a branch of size, not to a small shoot.