1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books.
Many species are known.
2. A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation. I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. Pope.
BOOKY
Book"y, a.
Defn: Bookish.
BOOLY Boo"ly, n.; pl. Boolies. Etym: [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow + giolla boy.]
Defn: A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also boley, bolye, bouillie.] Spenser.
BOOM
Boom (boom), n. Etym: [D. boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See Beam.]
1. (Naut.)
Defn: A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.