Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
boom .
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Examples
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On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.
The Heathen 1914
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On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.
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On both sides, between the fore and main shrouds, guys had been stretched, just low enough for the fore-boom to swing clear; and from each of these guys at least fifty bunches of bananas were suspended.
The Heathen 1910
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Let go that fore-boom tackle and pass it across, and when she's willing let go the sheet and come in snug with the tackle.
Chapter 17 1904
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