BOUGHT

bought. Bought, pret. and pa. of to buy; n. a knot, a bend

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Bought (�), n. [[Cf. Dan. bugt bend, turning, Icel. bug�a. Cf. Bight, Bout, and see Bow to bend.]] 1. 1. A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent. Spenser.
The boughts of the fore legs. Sir T. Browne. 2. 2. The part of a sling that contains the stone.