3 entries under this word
[O. Eng. bone, boone, Norm. Fr. boon, good, Fr. bon, bonne, Lat. bonus.] 1. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. I begged them as a boon to lay His corse in dust, whereon the day Might shine. Byron. 2. [A-S. bên, Icel. bôn, baen, Dan. & Sw. bön, prayer, petition, request.] A prayer or petition. For which to God he made so many an idle boon. Spenser.
a. [Fr. bon. See supra.]
Sense 1. Gay; merry; jovial; as, two boon companions. Irving.
Sense 2. Kind; bountiful.
Which . . . nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. Milton.
With as boon a grace and as bold a front, look the world in the face, as if they expected thanks for such villainies. South.
n. [Scot. boon, bune, been, Gael. & Ir. bunach, coarse tow, from bun, root, stubble, W. bôn.] The refuse or useless vegetable matter from dressed flax.