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Boot \Boot\, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of
uncertain origin.]
1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg,
ordinarily made of leather.
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2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to
extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
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So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they
call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots
close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and
the leg. --Bp. Burnet.
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3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode;
also, a low outside place before and behind the body of
the coach. [Obs.]
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4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned
stagecoach.
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5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the
driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
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6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe
where it passes through a roof.
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{Boot catcher}, the person at an inn whose business it was to
pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] --Swift.

{Boot closer}, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of
boots.

{Boot crimp}, a frame or device used by bootmakers for
drawing and shaping the body of a boot.

{Boot hook}, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.


{Boots and saddles} (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which
is the first signal for mounted drill.

{Sly boots}. See {Slyboots}, in the Vocabulary.
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Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Booting}.]
1. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed
by it; as, what boots it?
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What booteth it to others that we wish them well,
and do nothing for them? --Hooker.
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What subdued
To change like this a mind so far imbued
With scorn of man, it little boots to know. --Byron.
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What boots to us your victories? --Southey.
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2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]
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And I will boot thee with what gift beside
Thy modesty can beg. --Shak.
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Boot \Boot\ (b[=oo]t), n. [OE. bot, bote, advantage, amends,
cure, AS. b[=o]t; akin to Icel. b[=o]t, Sw. bot, Dan. bod,
Goth. b[=o]ta, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making good or
better, from the root of E. better, adj. [root]255.]
1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings
relief.
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He gaf the sike man his boote. --Chaucer.
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Thou art boot for many a bruise
And healest many a wound. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Next her Son, our soul's best boot. --Wordsworth.
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2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make
up for the deficiency of value in one of the things
exchanged.
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I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.
--Shak.
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3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.]
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Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. --Shak.
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{To boot}, in addition; over and above; besides; as a
compensation for the difference of value between things
bartered.
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Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot. --Shak.
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A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes
to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath
but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to
boot. --Jer. Taylor.
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Boot \Boot\, n.
Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
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Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Booting}.]
1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
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Coated and booted for it. --B. Jonson.
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2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]
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Boot \Boot\, v. i.
To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
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