Boon

·noun A prayer or petition.

II. Boon ·noun Kind; bountiful; benign.

III. Boon ·noun Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.

IV. Boon ·noun Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.

V. Boon ·noun That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.

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

Boon
BO´ON(Βοών: Vona), a cape and port on the coast of Pontus (Arrian, p. 417), 90 stadia east of Cape J...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
boon
1) to boon or buen, to do service to another as a landlord. N. 2) a gratuitous day's work. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
boon-days
days when statute-work on the high-ways is performed. York. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose