29 March 2015
boon (1)
[boon]
noun
1. something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
2. something that is asked; a favor sought.
Origin
Middle English, Old Norse
1125-1175; Middle English bone < Old Norse bōn prayer; cognate with Old English bēn
Related forms
boonless, adjective
boon (2)
[boon]
adjective
1. jolly; jovial; convivial:
boon companions.
2. Archaic. kindly; gracious; bounteous.
Origin
1275-1325; Middle English bone < Middle French < Latin bonus good
boon (3)
[boon]
noun, Textiles.
1. the ligneous waste product obtained by braking and scutching flax.
Also called shive, shove.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English (north) bone; compare Old English bune reed
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Examples from the web for boon
– That’s a boon to musicians looking for sponsors and to drive sales in today’s singles-focused climate.
– Anything that creates more readers is a boon for all kinds of publishers.
– Farm-fresh eggs from pastured hens taste great and are a boon to your body.
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Today’s aphorism
The people who trigger us to feel negative emotion are messengers. They are the messengers for the unhealed parts of our being.
– Teal Swan
On this day
29 March 1946 – birth of Billy Thorpe, English-born Australian rock legend. Front man for ‘Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs’. Died 28 February 2007.
29 March 1971 – Charles Manson and three of his followers are sentenced to death for the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others. California abolished the death penalty in 1972, before the death sentences could be carried out. Even though California reinstated the death penalty in 1978, Manson is still held in prison.
29 March 1971 – A court martial finds Lieutenant Calley guilty of murder for his role in the massacre of 500 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai. Calley had been in charge of Charlie Company, 11th Infantry Brigade, which had raped, maimed, assaulted and murdered civilians living in My Lai. Calley was the only one of 26 members of Charlie Company to be convicted. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but on the instructions of President Richard Nixon the following day was released to house arrest at Fort Benning, Georgia. During this time his sentence was cut to 10 years and he was paroled, only having served three and a half years while under house arrest. Many people protested the sentencing, claiming he was a scapegoat. Others were horrified that he was the only one in the chain of command to be charged and convicted.
29 March 1973 – America’s direct involvement in the Vietnamese War ends with the withdrawal of last USA troops from South Vietnam.
29 March 2015 – Palm Sunday.