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

Water Sail :: Water sail () A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water..

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..

Bowsprit :: Bowsprit (n.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward..

Booming :: Booming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boo.

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..

Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind..

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

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

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..

Cannonade :: Cannonade (n.) Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.

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

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

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

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

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

Jibe :: "Jibe (v. i.) To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe..

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

Guy :: Guy (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened..

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