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bough
/baʊ/
noun 2name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
bent, under
VERB + BOUGH
gnarled, monkey
BOUGH + NOUN
cradle
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. (Rock-a-bye Baby)
Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I, / In a Cowſlips bell, I lie, / There I cowch when Owles doe crie, / On the Batts backe I doe flie / after Sommer merrily. / Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue now / Vnder the bloſſom that hangs on the Bow.
2
A gallows.
It was vſed of auncient time in Gauelkind land, & hath receiued the allowance and iudgement of a good and lawfull cuſtome, that if the huſband be attainted and executed for a felonie by him committed, yet ſhall his wife for the ſolace of her loſſe and deſolation haue her dowrie of his land, and alſo the heire ſhall inherite the ſame according to that olde ſaying: The father to the bough, & the ſonne to the plough, […]
"No need," he said, "long words to make, / And little heed we thy lies now, / But if she doom thee to the bough.["]
name
1
A surname.
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Example Bank
601
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. (Rock-a-bye Baby)
Wiktionary02
Where the Bee ſucks, there ſuck I, / In a Cowſlips bell, I lie, / There I cowch when Owles doe crie, / On the Batts backe I doe flie / after Sommer merrily. / Merrily, merrily, ſhall I liue now / Vnde
Wiktionary03
When thou beateſt thine oliue tree thou shalt not goe ouer the boughes againe: it shall be for the ſtranger, for the fatherleſſe, and for the widow.
Wiktionary04
Look at the monkey on that bough.
Tatoeba · #6800005
The bough bent under the weight of the snow.
Tatoeba · #24630906
The bough didn't support his weight and broke off.
Tatoeba · #9941264Usage Notes
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