BOON

n. a.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A prayer or petition. [Obs.] For which to God he made so many an idle boon. Spenser.

2.
n.

That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).

3.
a.

Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [Obs.]

4.
a.

Kind; bountiful; benign. Which . . . Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. Milton.

5.
a.

Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. A boon companion, loving his bottle. Arbuthnot.

6.
n.

The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

← BOOMSLANGE B — all words BOOR →
Browse all “B” words Find “BOON” in other definitions

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.