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peltry(medicine)
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peltry(2) (iou) and bough (medicine)


peltry(2) (iou)



peltry noun2 & adjective. M16.
[App. var. of PALTRY noun & adjective. Cf. PELT noun3.]
A. noun. (A piece of) rubbish; a worthless thing. Chiefly Scot. M16-M19.
b. adjective. Rubbishy; worthless. Scot. L16.

bough (medicine)


bough


1. An arm or branch of a tree, especially. A large arm or main branch.

2. A gallows.

Origin: OE. Bogh, AS. Bog, boh, bough, shoulder; akin to Icel. Bogr shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw. Bog, Dan. Bov, OHG. Buog, G. Bug, and to Gr. (for) forearm, Skr. Bahu (for bhaghu) arm. Cf. Bow of a ship.

Source: Websters Dictionary