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made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting. B. Jonson.

Bou"get (&?;), n. [Cf. F. bougette sack, bag. Cf. Budget.] (Her.) A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; -- also called water bouget.

Bough (&?;), n. [OE. bogh, AS. bg, bh, bough, shoulder; akin to Icel. bgr shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw. bog, Dan. bov, OHG. buog, G. bug, and to Gr.&?; ( for &?; ) forearm, Skr. bhu (for bhghu) 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.

Bought (&?;), n. [Cf. Dan. bugt bend, turning, Icel. bug&?;a. Cf. Bight, Bout, and see Bow to bend.]

1. A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent. [Obs.] Spenser.

The boughts of the fore legs. Sir T. Browne.

2. The part of a sling that contains the stone. [Obs.]

Bought (&?;), imp. & p. p. of Buy.

Bought, p. a. Purchased; bribed.

Bought"en (&?;), a. Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge.

Bought"y (&?;), a. Bending. [Obs.] Sherwood.

||Bou*gie" (&?;), n. [F. bougie wax candle, bougie, fr. Bougie, Bugia, a town of North Africa, from which these candles were first imported into Europe.]

1. (Surg.) A long, flexible instrument, that is

introduced into the urethra, esophagus, etc., to remove obstructions, or for the other purposes. It was originally made of waxed linen rolled into cylindrical form.

2. (Pharm.) A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc.

||Bou`illi" (&?;), n. [F., fr. bouillir to boil.] (Cookery) Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has been made.

||Bou`illon" (&?;), n. [F., fr. bouillir to boil.] 1. A nutritious liquid food made by boiling beef, or other meat, in water; a clear soup or broth.

2. (Far.) An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.

Bouk (bk), n. [AS. bc belly; akin to G. bauch, Icel. bkr body.]

1. The body. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Bulk; volume. [Scot.]

Boul (bl), n. A curved handle. Sir W. Scott.

Bou*lan"ger*ite (&?;), n. [From Boulanger, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead.

Boul"der (bl"dr), n. Same as Bowlder.

Boul"der*y (&?;), a. Characterized by bowlders.

{ Boule (&?;), Boule"work` } (&?;), n. Same as Buhl, Buhlwork.