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Definition of Bough

Bough
Bough 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.

Meaning of Bough from wikipedia

- up bough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bough is a surname. It may refer to: Frank Bough (1933–2020), British television presenter Sam Bough (1822–1878)...
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (retitled The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion in its second edition) is a wide-ranging,...
- A kissing bough is a traditional Christmas decoration in England and Lowland Scotland. Also called a Christmas-bough or mistletoe-bough, it has the shape...
- Francis Joseph Bough (/ˈbɒf/; 15 January 1933 – 21 October 2020) was an English television presenter. He was best known as the host of BBC sports and...
- Sweet Bough (apple). "Bough (Sweet Bough)", National Fruit Collection, retrieved 7 June 2016 Beach, S.A.; Booth, N.O.; Taylor, O.M. (1905), "Sweet Bough",...
- When The Bough Breaks is a 2016 American psychological thriller film directed by Jon C****ar and starring Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Jaz Sinclair and...
- (literally 'little bough'), ōwæstm (literally 'on growth'), and tūdornes (literally 'offspringing'). Numerous other words for twigs and boughs abound, including...
- baby on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all. The...
- The Theatre of the Golden Bough also known as the Golden Bough Theatre, was built by Edward G. Kuster in 1924 on Ocean Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California...
- Golden Bough is a comparative study of mythology and religion written by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer. The Golden Bough may also...