Part 1306

<hw>Bouge</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To stave in; to bilge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Bouge</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bouge</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bouche</ets> mouth, victuals.]</ety> <def>Bouche (see <er>Bouche</er>, 2); food and drink; provisions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote> made room for a bombardman that brought <b>bouge</b> for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting. <i>B. Jonson</i></blockquote>.

<h1>Bouget</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bou"get</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>bougette</ets> sack, bag. Cf. <er>Budget</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; -- also called <altname>water bouget</altname>.</def>

<h1>Bough</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bough</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bogh</ets>, AS. <ets>b\'d3g</ets>, <ets>b\'d3h</ets>, bough, shoulder; akin to Icel. <ets>b\'d3gr</ets> shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw. <ets>bog</ets>, Dan. <ets>bov</ets>, OHG. <ets>buog</ets>, G. <ets>bug</ets>, and to Gr.<?/ ( for <?/ ) forearm, Skr. <ets>b\'behu</ets> (for <ets>bh\'beghu</ets>) arm. &root;88, 251. Cf. <er>Bow</er> of a ship.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gallows.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Bought</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bought</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>bugt</ets> bend, turning, Icel. <ets>bug<?/a</ets>. Cf. <er>Bight</er>, <er>Bout</er>, and see <er>Bow</er> to bend.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the <i>boughts</i> of a serpent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>boughts</b> of the fore legs. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The part of a sling that contains the stone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bought</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bought</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Buy</er>.</def>

<h1>Bought</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bought</hw>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Purchased; bribed.</def>

<h1>Boughten</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bought"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Purchased; not obtained or produced at home.</def>

<i>Coleridge</i>.

<h1>Boughty</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bought"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bending.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sherwood.</i>