Boot
Definition of Boot
Pronunciation: bŌt n. | 1. | Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.Next her Son, our soul's best boot. - Wordsworth. | | 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. | | 3. | Profit; gain; advantage; use.Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. - Shak. | v. t. | 1. | To profit; to advantage; to avail; - generally followed by it; as, what boots it? | | 2. | To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. | n. | 1. | A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather. | | 2. | An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland. | | 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. | | 4. | A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. | | 5. | An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud. | | 6. | (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof. | v. t. | 1. | To put boots on, esp. for riding. | | 2. | To punish by kicking with a booted foot. | v. i. | 1. | To boot one's self; to put on one's boots. | n. | 1. | Booty; spoil. |
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