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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOOT, v.t. [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, 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
2: British term for the luggage compartment in a car
3: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
4: protective casing for something that resembles a leg
5: an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg [syn: boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heel]
6: a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
7: the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" [syn: kick, boot, kicking] v
1: kick; give a boot to
2: cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer" [syn: boot, reboot, bring up]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English b?t remedy — more at better Date: before 12th century 1. archaic deliverance 2. chiefly dialect something to equalize a trade 3. obsolete avail II. verb Date: 15th century archaic avail, profit III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French bote Date: 14th century 1. a fitted covering (as of leather or rubber) for the foot and usually reaching above the ankle 2. an instrument of torture used to crush the leg and foot 3. something that resembles or is likened to a boot; especially an enclosing or protective casing or sheath (as for a rifle or over an electrical or mechanical connection) 4. a navy or marine corps recruit undergoing basic training 5. British an automobile trunk 6. a. a kick with the foot b. summary dismissal — used with the <gave him the boot> c. momentary pleasure or enjoyment ; bang <got a big boot out of the joke> 7. a sheath enclosing the inflorescence 8. Denver boot IV. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to put boots on 2. a. kick b. to eject or discharge summarily — often used with out <was booted out of office> 3. to make an error on (a grounder in baseball); broadly botch 4. to ride (a horse) in a race <booted home three winners> 5. [bootstrap (II)] a. to load (a program) into a computer from a disk b. to start or ready for use especially by booting a program <boot a computer> — often used with up intransitive verb 1. to become loaded into a computer's memory from a disk <the program boots automatically> 2. to become ready for use especially by booting a program <the computer boots quickly> — often used with up • bootable adjective V. noun Etymology: ¹boot Date: 1593 archaic booty, plunder

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 an outer covering for the foot, esp. of leather, reaching above the ankle, often to the knee. 2 Brit. the luggage compartment of a motor car, usu. at the rear. 3 colloq. a firm kick. 4 (prec. by the) colloq. dismissal, esp. from employment (gave them the boot). 5 a covering to protect the lower part of a horse's leg. 6 hist. an instrument of torture encasing and crushing the foot. --v.tr. 1 kick, esp. hard. 2 (often foll. by out) dismiss (a person) forcefully. 3 (usu. foll. by up) put (a computer) in a state of readiness (cf. BOOTSTRAP 2). Phrases and idioms: the boot is on the other foot (or leg) the truth or responsibility is the other way round. die with one's boots on (of a soldier etc.) die fighting. put the boot in 1 kick brutally. 2 act decisively against a person. you bet your boots sl. it is quite certain. Derivatives: booted adj. Etymology: ME f. ON bóti or f. OF bote, of unkn. orig. 2. n. Phrases and idioms: to boot as well; to the good; in addition. Etymology: orig. = 'advantage': OE bot f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Elevator El"e*va`tor, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. ['e]l['e]vateur.] One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. Elevator head, leg, & boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland. 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. 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.] 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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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? What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them? --Hooker. What subdued To change like this a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know. --Byron. What boots to us your victories? --Southey. 2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.] And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy modesty can beg. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. He gaf the sike man his boote. --Chaucer. Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound. --Sir W. Scott. 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. I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one. --Shak. 3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.] Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. --Shak. To boot, in addition; over and above; besides; as a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered. Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot. --Shak. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Boot Boot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n. Booting.] 1. To put boots on, esp. for riding. Coated and booted for it. --B. Jonson. 2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Boot Boot, v. i. To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Boot Boot, n. Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(boots, booting, booted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg. He sat in a kitchen chair, reached down and pulled off his boots... He was wearing riding pants, high boots, and spurs. N-COUNT see also wellington 2. Boots are strong, heavy shoes which cover your ankle and which have thick soles. You wear them to protect your feet, for example when you are walking or taking part in sport. The soldiers' boots resounded in the street... N-COUNT 3. If you boot something such as a ball, you kick it hard. (INFORMAL) He booted the ball 40 yards back up field... VERB: V n adv/prep 4. The boot of a car is a covered space at the back or front, in which you carry things such as luggage and shopping. (BRIT; in AM, use trunk) He opened the boot to put my bags in... N-COUNT 5. If you get the boot or are given the boot, you are told that you are not wanted any more, either in your job or by someone you are having a relationship with. (INFORMAL) She was a disruptive influence, and after a year or two she got the boot... PHRASE: V inflects 6. If someone puts the boot in, they attack another person by saying something cruel, often when the person is already feeling weak or upset. (BRIT INFORMAL) PHRASE: V inflects 7. You can say to boot to emphasize that you have added something else to something or to a list of things that you have just said. (FORMAL) He is making money and receiving free advertising to boot! = into the bargain PHRASE: cl/group PHR [emphasis]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

boot (ce'on; the King James Version battle; the American Standard Revised Version "armor"; the American Revised Version, margin "boot"): The word ce'on, found only in Isa 9:5 (Hebrew 9:4), is probably a loanword from the Assyrian senu, meaning "shoe," "sandal." The root has the same meaning in Aramaic and Ethiopic. The passage should be translated "every boot of the booted warrior."

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Profit, advantage, gain, premium. II. v. a. [Generally used impersonally.] Profit, benefit, advantage, avail, make difference.

Moby Thesaurus

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