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BOOT, v.t. [Eng. but. The primary sense of the root is to advance, or carry forward.] 1. To profit; to advantageIt shall not boot them.2. To enrich; to benefit.I will boot thee.BOOT, n. Profit; gain; advantage; that which is given to make the exchange equal, or to supply the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged. 1. To boot, in addition to; over and above; besides; a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered; as, I will give my house for yours,with one hundred dollars to boot.2. Spoil; plunder. [See Booty.]BOOT, n. 1. A covering for the leg, made of leather, and united with a shoe. This garment was originally intended for horsemen, but is now generally worn by gentlemen on foot. The different sorts are fishing-boots, worn in water; hunting-boots, a thinner kind for sportsmen; jack-boots, a strong kind for horsemen; and half-boots.2. A kind or rack for the leg, formerly used to torture criminals. This was made of boards bound fast to the legs by cords; or a boot or buskin, made wet and drawn upon the legs and then dried by the fire, so as to contract and squeeze the legs.3. A box covered with leather in the fore part of a coach. Also, an apron or leathern cover for a gig or chair, to defend persons from rain and mud. This latter application is local and improper.BOOT, v.t. To put on boots.
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BOOT, v.t. [Eng. but. The primary sense of the root is to advance, or carry forward.] 1. To profit; to advantageIt shall not boot them.2. To enrich; to benefit.I will boot thee.BOOT, n. Profit; gain; advantage; that which is given to make the exchange equal, or to supply the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged. 1. To boot, in addition to; over and above; besides; a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered; as, I will give my house for yours,with one hundred dollars to boot.2. Spoil; plunder. [See Booty.]BOOT, n. 1. A covering for the leg, made of leather, and united with a shoe. This garment was originally intended for horsemen, but is now generally worn by gentlemen on foot. The different sorts are fishing-boots, worn in water; hunting-boots, a thinner kind for sportsmen; jack-boots, a strong kind for horsemen; and half-boots.2. A kind or rack for the leg, formerly used to torture criminals. This was made of boards bound fast to the legs by cords; or a boot or buskin, made wet and drawn upon the legs and then dried by the fire, so as to contract and squeeze the legs.3. A box covered with leather in the fore part of a coach. Also, an apron or leathern cover for a gig or chair, to defend persons from rain and mud. This latter application is local and improper.BOOT, v.t. To put on boots. | BOOT, n.1- Profit; gain; advantage; that which is given to make the exchange equal, or to supply the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged. – Shak.
- To boot, in addition to; over and above; besides; a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered; as, I will give my house for yours, with one hundred dollars to boot. [Sax. to bote. The phrase is pure Saxon.]
- Spoil; plunder. [See Booty.] – Shak.
BOOT, n.2 [Fr. botte, a boot, a bunch; Ir. butais; W. botasen, botas; Sp. bota, a boot, a butt, or cask, a leather bag to carry liquors; Port. bota; It. botte, boots, a cask.]- A covering for the leg, made of leather, and united with a shoe. This garment was originally intended for horsemen, but is now generally worn by gentlemen on foot. The different sorts are fishing-boots, worn in water; hunting- boots, a thinner kind for sportsmen; jack-boots, a strong kind for horsemen; and half-boots.
- A kind of rack for the leg, formerly used to torture criminals. This was made of boards bound fast to the legs by cords; or a boot or buskin, made wet and drawn upon the legs and then dried by the fire, so as to contract and squeeze the legs. – Encyc.
- A box covered with leather in the fore part of a coach. Also, an apron or leathern cover for a gig or chair, to defend persons from rain and mud. This latter application is local and improper.
BOOT, v.t.To put on boots. BOOT', v.t. [Sax. bot, bote, reparation, satisfaction, a making good, amends; Goth. botyan, to profit or help; Sw. böt, a fine; D. boete, fine, penalty, repentance; boeten, to amend, or repair; G. busse, boot, fine, penance; büssen, to amend; Dan. bödder, to repair, or requite; böder, to expiate, or make atonement; W. buz, profit; buziaw, to profit. We observe this word is from the root of better, denoting more, or advance; Eng. but. The primary sense of the root is to advance, or carry forward.]- To profit; to advantage.
It shall not boot them. – Hooker.
But more generally followed by it, – what boots it? Indeed it is seldom used, except in the latter phrase.
- To enrich, to benefit.
I will boot thee. [Obs.] – Shak.
| Boot
- Remedy;
relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
- To profit] to advantage; to avail; -- generally
followed by it; as, what boots it?
- A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of
leather.
- To put boots on, esp. for riding.
- To boot one's self] to put
on one's boots.
- Booty; spoil.
- That which is given to make an exchange equal,
or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things
exchanged.
- To enrich; to benefit; to give in
addition.
- An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly
used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
- To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
- Profit; gain; advantage; use.
- A place at the side of a coach, where attendants
rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the
coach.
- A place for baggage at either end of an old-
fashioned stagecoach.
- An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth)
for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
- The metal casing and flange
fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
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Boot BOOT, verb transitive [Eng. but. The primary sense of the root is to advance, or carry forward.] 1. To profit; to advantage It shall not boot them. 2. To enrich; to benefit. I will boot thee. BOOT, noun Profit; gain; advantage; that which is given to make the exchange equal, or to supply the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged. 1. To boot in addition to; over and above; besides; a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered; as, I will give my house for yours, with one hundred dollars to boot 2. Spoil; plunder. [See Booty.] BOOT, noun 1. A covering for the leg, made of leather, and united with a shoe. This garment was originally intended for horsemen, but is now generally worn by gentlemen on foot. The different sorts are fishing-boots, worn in water; hunting-boots, a thinner kind for sportsmen; jack-boots, a strong kind for horsemen; and half-boots. 2. A kind or rack for the leg, formerly used to torture criminals. This was made of boards bound fast to the legs by cords; or a boot or buskin, made wet and drawn upon the legs and then dried by the fire, so as to contract and squeeze the legs. 3. A box covered with leather in the fore part of a coach. Also, an apron or leathern cover for a gig or chair, to defend persons from rain and mud. This latter application is local and improper. BOOT, verb transitive To put on boots.
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