[ Bouȝ], sb. bough, PP; boh, S; bogh, S2; bowh, PP; boȝe, dat., S; boges, pl., S; buges, S; bughes, S2; bewis, S3; bewys, S3; bowes, PP, S3; boowes, C; boȝe, dat., S.—AS. bóg, bóh, Icel. bógr, shoulder, bow of a ship; cp. Gr. πᾶχυς.
[ Bowe], sb. bow, W2, PP; bouwe, W2; bowes, pl., PP; boys, S3.—AS. boga.
[ Bowe-lyne], sb. bowline, MD; bawelyne, S2.
[ Bowen], v. to bow, bend, submit, to direct one’s course, turn away, PP, S2, C2, W; bouwe, W2, PP; boghen, S2, H; buwen, S; buȝen, S; buhen, S; bugen, S; beien, S; bowande, pr. p. obedient, S2; bues, pr. s., S2.—AS. búgan.
[ Boydekyn], sb. poniard, bodkin, NED, Prompt.; bodekyn, Prompt.; boydekins, pl., C2.
[ Boyste], sb. box, PP, Prompt., Cath.; boyst, MD; boist, C3.—OF. boiste (F. boîte).
Boȝte; see [Biggen].
[ Brac], sb. a, crashing sound, fragor; brace, outcry, S.—Icel. brak; cp. AS. (ge)bræc.
[ Brace], sb. couple of hounds, Prompt.—OF. brace, the two arms, a grasp; Lat. brachia, pl.
[ Bracer], sb. a guard for the left arm in archery, C; braser, Voc. See Ascham, Toxophilus, ed. Arber, p. 108.