Boon (?), n. [OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel. bn; akin to Sw. & Dan. bn, AS. bn, 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. ).
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Boon, a. [F. bon. See Boon, n.]
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.
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Boon, n. [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.
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