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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.