No Encyclopedia Entry for Boon Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) A prayer or petition. 2. (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. 3. (n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. 4. (n.) Kind; bountiful; benign. 5. (n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. 6. (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
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