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

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

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..

Crotch :: Crotch (n.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch..

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..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast..

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

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.

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

Booming :: Booming (n.) The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns..

Silverboom :: Silverboom (n.) See Leucadendron.

Spinner :: Spinnaker (n.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind..

Bombinate :: Bombinate (v. i.) To hum; to boom.

Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects..

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..

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

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

Booming :: Booming (a.) Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.

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