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bough

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

bough †shoulder; †(Sc.) limb; limb of a tree. OE. bōg, bōh = MLG. bōch, būch (LG. boog), MDu. boech (Du. boeg), shoulders, bows of a ship, OHG. buog (G. bug), ON. bógr shoulder :- Gmc. *bōʒuz :- IE. *bhāghús, repr. also by Gr. pâkhus, pêkhus fore-arm, Skr. bāṅú- arm, etc.

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bough

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bough / bou/ • n. a main branch of a tree: apple boughs laden with blossom.

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bough

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bough •allow, avow, Bilbao, Bissau, bough, bow, bow-wow, brow, cacao, chow, ciao, cow, dhow, Dow, endow, Foochow, Frau, Hangzhou, Hough, how, Howe, kowtow, Lao, Liao, Macao, Macau, miaow, Mindanao, mow, now, ow, Palau, plough (US plow), pow, prow, row, scow, Slough, sough, sow, Tao, thou, vow, wow, Yangshao

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