2. A gallows. [Archaic] Spenser.
BOUGHT
Bought, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. bugt bend, turning, Icel. bug. 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,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Buy.
BOUGHT
Bought, p. a.
Defn: Purchased; bribed.
BOUGHTEN
Bought"en, a.
Defn: Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge.