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Boomer :: Boomer (n.) A large male kangaroo.

Boom :: Boom (n.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc..

Catboat :: Catboat (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix..

Kyley :: Kyley (n.) A variety of the boomerang.

Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.

Wagenboom :: Wagenboom (n.) A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels..

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

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..

Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc..

Spekboom :: Spekboom (n.) The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favorite food of elephants..

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..

Boomerang :: Boomerang (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward t

Boomorah :: Boomorah (n.) A small West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer..

Bomb :: Bomb (v. i.) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.

Balance :: Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail..

Guest Rope :: Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.

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

Boomdas :: Boomdas (n.) A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.

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..

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