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Boom :: Boom (v. t.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat..

Inhauler :: Inhauler (n.) A rope used to draw in the jib boom, or flying jib boom..

Boomer :: Boomer (n.) One who, or that which, booms..

Sprite :: Sprit (v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate..

Leucadendron :: Leucadendron (n.) A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists..

Wango :: Wango (n.) A boomerang.

Boom :: Boom (n.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..

Nock :: Nock (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.

Withe :: Withe (n.) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe..

"""boomer " :: Boomer (n.) One who works up a boom..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away..

Hushing :: Hushing (n.) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming..

Horn :: Horn (n.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc..

Bill :: Bill (n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

Boomed :: Boomed (imp. & p. p.) of Boo.

Bump :: Bump (v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom..

Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc..

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