Meaning of BOUGH
| Pronunciation: | | baw
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of the larger branches of a tree |
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| | See Also: | | limb, tree branch | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bough\, n. [OE. bogh, AS. b[=o]g, b[=o]h, bough,
shoulder; akin to Icel. b[=o]gr shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw.
bog, Dan. bov, OHG. buog, G. bug, and to Gr.? ( for ? )
forearm, Skr. b[=a]hu (for bh[=a]ghu) arm. [root]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.
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| | Related Terms: | | appendage, arm, bine, branch, branchedness, branchiness, burgeon, deadwood, flagellum, fork, frond, hand, imp, joint, leg, limb, link, lobe, lobule, member, offshoot, organ, pinion, ramage, ramification, runner, sarment, scion, shoot, slip, spear, spray, sprig, sprit, sprout, spur, stolon, sucker, switch, tail, tendril, thallus, twig, wing |
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