Boufflers, Louis

FRANÇOIS, DUKE DE, ( bouf ' flair,) a distinguished general and Marshal of France, B. 1644. He early testified great military talents under Crequi and Turenne, and gained signal honor by the defence of Lille, in 1708. The siege lasted four months, and when obliged to submit, Prince Eugene observed to B.: "I am very proud in having taken Lille, but I should still prefer the glory of having defended it like you." B. was as distinguished for his generosity of character and munificence, as for bravery and military skill. When William III. of England took Namur, in 1695, he made B. a prisoner in violation of the articles of capitulation. On his remonstrance against this conduct, he was answered that it was in the way of reprisal, the French having detained the garrisons of Dixmunde and Denise in the same manner. "In that case," replied the marshal, "my garrison ought to be arrested, and not I." "Sir," was the reply, "you are valued at more than 10,000 men." D. 1711. Bougainville, ( boo - gan - veel ',) LOUIS ANTOINE DE, a noted French navigator of the 18th cent. In 1766, he commanded an expedition of discovery fitted out by the French govt., with which he went to the Society Islands, the New He brides, New Guinea, ., and after sailing round the world returned home. In the course of this voyage, he made many important discoveries, and obtained much curious information relative to the countries he explored, and the manners and customs of their inhabitants. His Voyage round the World , translated from the French, was published in London, in 1772, 4to. D. at Paris, 1811. Bouget, Boujet, ( boo'zha ,) n. [Fr.] ( Her .) An olden water-bucket, frequently borne in armorial shields. Bough, ( bou ,) n . [A.S. bog a , boh , or bogh , kindred with bug an , to bow, to bend; Goth. baug .] The large branch or arın of a tree that bows or bends outwards from a trunk. Under some favorite myrtle s shady boughs, They speak their pa ions in repeated vows." Roscommon. Bought, ( bawt ,) pret . and pp . of BUY. q . v. Bought, Bout, ( bawt ,) n. [Du. bogt . See BIGHT.] A bend; a flexure or curvature; a twist; a link; a knot. "In notes, with many a winding bought, Of linked sweetne , long drawn out." -Milton. -That part of a sling which holds the stone. Boughten, ( bawť'n ,) a. A term locally used in the U. States, in the sense of purchased; not produced at home; bought. Bougie, ( bööʻzhē ,) n. [Fr. bougie , wax-candle.] ( Surg .) A slender flexible tube, intended for introduction into the urethra, œsophagus, or rectum, when those pa ages are obstructed by stricture or other disease. Bouie River, ( boo'ee,) in Mi i ippi, a small stream embouching into Leaf River, Perry co. Bouillaud, (bool'yoh,) JEAN BAPTISTE, an eminent French physician and author, B. 1796. In 1848, he became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. His principal works are, Leçons Cliniques sur les Maladies du Cœur et des gros Vai eaux, (1854;) De l'Influence des Doctrines ou des Systèmes Pathologiques de la Thérapeu tique , 1859, .