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.

advantage avail award behalf behoof benediction benefaction benefit benevolence benison blessing blithe blithesome compliment convivial favor festive free and easy gain gay gift gleeful godsend good grace gratuity hail-fellow-well-met hearty interest jocund jolly jovial largess loaves and fishes manna manna from heaven mirthful present profit reward welfare well-being world of good