n. [ 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.&unr_; ( for &unr_; ) forearm, Skr. bāhu (for bhāghu) arm. √88, 251. Cf. Bow of a ship. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gallows. [ Archaic ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having no limbs. Opposite of limbed.
Syn. -- limbless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. lacking a bough or boughs. Opposite of boughed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

imp. & p. p. of Buy. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Purchased; bribed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Dan. bugt bend, turning, Icel. bug&unr_;a. Cf. Bight, Bout, and see Bow to bend. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The boughts of the fore legs. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The part of a sling that contains the stone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bending. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]