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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Boom

a beam +

-kin

. See

(Naut.)

A projecting beam or boom; as:

(a)

One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin.

(b)

One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called

brace bumpkin

(c)

A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.

[Written also

boomkin

Noun.

[See Bumpkin.] A short boom projecting from each bow of a ship, to extend the clue of the foresail to windward.

A small out-rigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizen.