Part 1279

<i>Howitt.</i>

<h1>Boomkin</h1> <Xpage=166>

<hw>Boom"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Bumkin</er>.</def>

<h1>Boomorah</h1> <Xpage=166>

<hw>Boo"mo*rah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small West African chevrotain (<spn>Hy\'91moschus aquaticus</spn>), resembling the musk deer.</def>

<h1>Boomslange</h1> <Xpage=166>

<hw>Boom"slang*e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>boom</ets> tree + <ets>slang</ets> snake.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large South African tree snake (<spn>Bucephalus Capensis</spn>). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.</def>

<h1>Boon</h1> <Xpage=166>

<hw>Boon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bone</ets>, <ets>boin</ets>, a petition, fr. Icel. <ets>b<?/n</ets>; akin to Sw. & Dan. <ets>b<?/n</ets>, AS. <ets>b<?/n</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>ban</ets>; but influenced by F. <ets>bon</ets> good, fr. L. <ets>bonus</ets>. <?/86. See 2d <er>Ban</er>, <er>Bounty</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A prayer or petition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For which to God he made so many an idle <b>boon</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.</def>

<blockquote>Every good gift and every perfect <b>boon</b> is from above. <i>James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boon</h1> <Xpage=166>

<hw>Boon</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bon</ets>. See <er>Boon</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Good; prosperous; <as>as, <ex>boon</ex> voyage</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Kind; bountiful; benign.</def>

<blockquote>Which . . . Nature <b>boon</b> Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>boon</b> companion, loving his bottle. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boon</h1> <Xpage=166>

<hw>Boon</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>boon</ets>, <ets>bune</ets>, <ets>been</ets>, Gael. & Ir. <ets>bunach</ets> coarse tow, fr. <ets>bun</ets> root, stubble.]</ety> <def>The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.</def>

<h1>Boor</h1> <Xpage=166>

<hw>Boor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>boer</ets> farmer, boor; akin to AS. <ets>geb<?/r</ets> countryman, G. <ets>bauer</ets>; fr. the root of AS. <ets>b<?/an</ets> to inhabit, and akin to E. <ets>bower</ets>, <ets>be</ets>. Cf. <er>Neighbor</er>, <er>Boer</er>, and <er>Big</er> to build.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.</def>

<h1>Boorish</h1> <Xpage=166>

<hw>Boor"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Boor"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Boor"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>Which is in truth a gross and <b>boorish</b> opinion. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boort</h1> <Xpage=166>