Boon

n.	1.	A prayer or petition. For which to God he made so many an idle boon. - Spenser.
	2.	That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. - James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).
a.	1.	Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
	2.	Kind; bountiful; benign. Which . . . Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. - Milton.
	3.	Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. A boon companion, loving his bottle. - Arbuthnot.
n.	1.	The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

Noun	1.	boon - a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" Synonyms: blessing
Adj.	1.	boon - very close and convivial; "boon companions"

advantage, avail, award, behalf, behoof, benediction, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benison, blithe, blithesome, compliment, convivial, favor, festive, free and easy, gain, gay, gleeful, good, grace, gratuity, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, interest, jocund, jovial, largess, loaves and fishes, manna, manna from heaven, mirthful, present, profit, reward, welfare, well-being, world of good