BOOM  , a word of See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic origin (cf. the Ger . Baum, See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, and the Eng. See also:

• BEAM
• BEAM (from the O. Eng. beam, cf. Ger. Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)

beam) for a See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole, See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar or barrier, used especially as a nautical See also:

• TERM

term, for a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long spar, used to extend a See also:

• SAIL

sail at the See also:

• FOOT

foot (See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main-boom, jib-boom, &c.) . The "boom" of a See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon (See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of a See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell, cry of the See also:

• BITTERN
• BITTERN (from " bitter ")

bittern) is distinct from this, being onomatopoeic . In the sense of a barrier, a boom is generally formed of See also:

• TIMBER

timber lashed together, or of chains, built across the mouth of a See also:

• RIVER

river or See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour as a means of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence . Possibly from the See also:

• METAPHOR

metaphor of a breaking boom, and the accompanying See also:

• RUSH
• RUSH, BENJAMIN (1745–1813)
• RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)

rush and roar, or from the rush of rising See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters (mingled with the onomatopoeic use), " boom " began in See also:

• AMERICA

America to be used of a sudden " spurt " or See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access of See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial activity, as in the phrase " a boom in See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton." Hence the verb " to boom," meaning to advertise or push into public favour .