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Definition of boom
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Boom (n.) A pole with a
conspicuous
top, set up to mark the
channel
in a river or
harbor..
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Boom
::
Boom (n.) A pole with a
conspicuous
top, set up to mark the
channel
in a river or
harbor..
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..
Martingal
::
Martingal
(n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or
flying
jib boom,
fastened
to, or
reeved
through,
the
dolphin
striker.
Also, the
dolphin
striker
itself..
Jaw
::
"Jaw (n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff,
hollowed
in a half
circle
so as to move
freely
on a
mast..
Cap
::
Cap (n.) A
collar
of iron or wood used in
joining
spars,
as the mast and the
topmast,
the
bowsprit
and the jib boom; also, a
covering
of
tarred
canvas
at the end of a
rope..
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..
Boom
::
Boom (n.) A
hollow
roar, as of waves or
cannon;
also, the
hollow
cry of the
bittern;
a
booming..
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..
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..
Gybe
::
Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a
vessel
to the
other;
-- said of the boom of a
fore-and-aft
sail when the
vessel
is
steered
off the wind until the sail fills on the
opposite
side.
Kyley
::
Kyley (n.) A
variety
of the
boomerang.
Spekboom
::
Spekboom
(n.) The
purslane
tree of South
Africa,
-- said to be the
favorite
food of
elephants..
Guest Rope
::
Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the
swinging
boom.
Boomorah
::
Boomorah
(n.) A small West
African
chevrotain
(Hyaemoschus
aquaticus),
resembling
the musk
deer..
Inboard
::
Inboard
(a. & adv.)
Inside
the line of a
vessel's
bulwarks
or hull; the
opposite
of
outboard;
as, an
inboard
cargo;
haul the boom
inboard..
Jibe
::
"Jibe (v. i.) To
change
a
ship's
course
so as to cause a
shifting
of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and
Gybe..
Boomed
::
Boomed
(imp. & p. p.) of Boo.
Boom
::
Boom (n.) A
strong
and
extensive
advance,
with more or less noisy
excitement;
--
applied
colloquially
or
humorously
to
market
prices,
the
demand
for
stocks
or
commodities
and to
political
chances
of
aspirants
to
office;
as, a boom in the stock
market;
a boom in
coffee..
Bumkin
::
Bumkin
(n.) A
projecting
beam or boom; as: (a) One
projecting
from each bow of a
vessel,
to haul the fore tack to,
called
a tack
bumpkin.
(b) One from each
quarter,
for the
main-brace
blocks,
and
called
brace
bumpkin.
(c) A small
outrigger
over the stern of a boat, to
extend
the
mizzen..
Boom
::
Boom (n.) A
strong
chain
cable,
or line of spars bound
together,
extended
across
a river or the mouth of a
harbor,
to
obstruct
navigation
or
passage..
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