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Webster 1913 Edition

Boon

Boon

(boōn)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bone
,
boin
, a petition, fr. Icel.
bōn
; akin to Sw. & Dan.
bän
, AS.
bēn
, and perh. to E.
ban
; but influenced by F.
bon
good, fr. L.
bonus
. √86. See 2d
Ban
,
Bounty
.]
1.
A prayer or petition.
[Obs.]
For which to God he made so many an idle
boon
.
Spenser.
2.
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. ).

Boon

,
Adj.
[F.
bon
. See
Boon
,
Noun.
]
1.
Good; prosperous;
as,
boon
voyage
.
[Obs.]
2.
Kind; bountiful; benign.
Which . . . Nature
boon

Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.
Milton.
3.
Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
A
boon
companion, loving his bottle.
Arbuthnot.

Boon

,
Noun.
[Scot.
boon
,
bune
,
been
, Gael. & Ir.
bunach
coarse tow, fr.
bun
root, stubble.]
The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

Webster 1828 Edition

Boon

BOON

,
Noun.
[L. bonus.]
1.
A gift; a grant; a benefaction; a present; a favor granted.
2.
A prayer, or petition.

BOON

,
Adj.
[L. bonus.] Gay; merry; kind; bountiful; as a boon companion.

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