boug

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gouged p. pr. & vb. n. Gouging ] 1. To scoop out with a gouge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [ K S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stave in; to bilge. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bouged [ Variant of bulge. Cf. Bowge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To swell out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bilge. [ Obs. ] “Their ship bouged.” Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bouche mouth, victuals. ] Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. bougette sack, bag. Cf. Budget. ] (Her.) A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; -- also called water bouget. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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