Boon
n.
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A prayer or petition. [Obs.]
For which to God he made so many an idle boon.
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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.
Boon
a.
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Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [Obs.]
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Kind; bountiful; benign.
Which . . . Nature boon
Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain.
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Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
A boon companion, loving his bottle.
Boon
n.
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The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.