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\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.
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