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.]

 

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Bought (?),

imp. & p. p. of Buy.

 

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Bought, p. a.

Purchased; bribed.

 

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