bough

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
bough
    n 1: any of the larger branches of a tree
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bough \Bough\, n. [OE. bogh, AS. b[=o]g, b[=o]h, bough,
   shoulder; akin to Icel. b[=o]gr shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw.
   bog, Dan. bov, OHG. buog, G. bug, and to Gr.? ( for ? )
   forearm, Skr. b[=a]hu (for bh[=a]ghu) arm. [root]88, 251. Cf.
   {Bow} of a ship.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main
      branch.
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   2. A gallows. [Archaic] --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "bough":
      appendage, arm, bine, branch, branchedness, branchiness, burgeon,
      deadwood, flagellum, fork, frond, hand, imp, joint, leg, limb,
      link, lobe, lobule, member, offshoot, organ, pinion, ramage,
      ramification, runner, sarment, scion, shoot, slip, spear, spray,
      sprig, sprit, sprout, spur, stolon, sucker, switch, tail, tendril,
      thallus, twig, wing
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