Bouget
(Bou"get) n. [Cf. F. bougette sack, bag. Cf. Budget.] (Her.) A charge representing a leather
vessel for carrying water; — also called water bouget.
Bough
(Bough) n. [OE. bogh, AS. bog, boh, bough, shoulder; akin to Icel. bogr shoulder, bow of a
ship, Sw. bog, Dan. bov, OHG. buog, G. bug, and to Gr. ( for ) forearm, Skr. bahu (for bhaghu)
arm. &radic88, 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.
Bought
(Bought) n. [Cf. Dan. bugt bend, turning, Icel. buga. 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
(Bought) imp. & p. p. of Buy.
Bought
(Bought), p. a. Purchased; bribed.
Boughten
(Bought"en) a. Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge.
Boughty
(Bought"y) a. Bending. [Obs.] Sherwood.
Bougie
(||Bou*gie") n. [F. bougie wax candle, bougie, fr. Bougie, Bugia, a town of North Africa, from
which these candles were first imported into Europe.]
1. (Surg.) A long, flexible instrument, that is
introduced into the urethra, esophagus, etc., to remove obstructions, or for the other purposes. It was
originally made of waxed linen rolled into cylindrical form.
2. (Pharm.) A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature
of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc.
Bouilli
(||Bou`illi") n. [F., fr. bouillir to boil.] (Cookery) Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables
in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has been made.
Bouillon
(||Bou`illon") n. [F., fr. bouillir to boil.]
1. A nutritious liquid food made by boiling beef, or other meat, in water; a clear soup or broth.
2. (Far.) An excrescence on a horse's frush or frog.
Bouk
(Bouk) n. [AS. buc belly; akin to G. bauch, Icel. bukr body.]
1. The body. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Bulk; volume. [Scot.]
