Definition of bough

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Bough (n.) A gallows.

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Commodity :: Commodity (n.) That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc..
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc..
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.
Bought :: Bought (p. a.) Purchased; bribed.
Abought :: Abought () imp. & p. p. of Aby.
Bough :: Bough (n.) A gallows.
Branch :: Branch (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant..
Dependent :: Dependent (a.) Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf..
Brash :: Brash (n.) Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges..
Bought :: Bought () imp. & p. p. of Buy.
Dear-bought :: Dear-bought (a.) Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience..
Swing :: Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise..
Striking :: Striker (n.) A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought..
Bought :: Bought (n.) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
Duddery :: Duddery (n.) A place where rags are bought and kept for sale.
Arundelian :: Arundelian (a.) Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 1624..
Tawdry :: Tawdry (superl.) Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
Boughty :: Boughty (a.) Bending.
Mercable :: Mercable (a.) Capable of being bought or sold.
Venal :: Venal (a.) Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services..
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