boon (bon)

[ IMG:content-2326.png:[blocks in formation] All our trade with the West Indies was a boon , granted to us by the indulgence of England. D. Webster , Speech, Jan. 24, 1832. Hence-3. A good; a benefit enjoyed; a ble ing; a great privilege; a thing to be thankful for. The boon of religious freedom. Sydney Smith , Peter Plymley's Letters, ii. Is this the duty of rulers? Are men in such stations to give all that may be asked... without regarding wheth er it be a boon or a bane? Brougham, Lord North. 4. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord. [Now only prov. Eng.]