\Boon\ (b[=oo]n), n. [OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel.
b[=o]n; akin to Sw. & Dan. b[aum]n, AS. b[=e]n, and perh. to
E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus.
[root]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. ).

\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.

\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.