Boot
[buːt] or [but]
Definition
(noun.) a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed.
(noun.) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.
(noun.) British term for the luggage compartment in a car.
(noun.) an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg.
(noun.) protective casing for something that resembles a leg.
(verb.) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; 'boot your computer'.
(verb.) kick; give a boot to.
Edited by Kelsey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
(n.) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
(n.) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
(v. t.) To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
(v. t.) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
(n.) A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
(n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
(n.) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
(n.) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
(n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
(n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
(v. t.) To put boots on, esp. for riding.
(v. t.) To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
(v. i.) To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
(n.) Booty; spoil.
Editor: Zeke
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Generally used impersonally.] Profit, benefit, advantage.
Inputed by Kelly
Definition
n. a covering for the foot and lower part of the leg generally made of leather: an infamous instrument of judicial torture in which the legs were forced into a strong case and wedges driven in until bone muscle and marrow were crushed together—also Boot′ikin: a box or receptacle in a coach.—v.t. to put on boots.—n. Boot′-clos′er one who closes the upper leathers of boots.—pa.p. Boot′ed having boots on equipped for riding.—ns. Boot′-hook an instrument for pulling on long boots; Boot′hose (Shak.) hose or stockings used in place of boots; Boot′-jack an instrument for taking off boots; Boot′lace a lace for fastening boots; Boot′-last Boot′-tree the last or wooden mould on which boots or shoes are made or stretched to keep their shape.—adj. Boot′less without boots: referring also as in Tennyson's metaphorical use 'wedded to a bootless calf ' to the ancient custom at a marriage by proxy of the quasi bridegroom putting one unbooted leg into the bride's bed.—n. Boots the servant at an inn who cleans the boots runs messages &c.—in combination as Lazyboots Slyboots.—Boot and saddle (a corr. of Fr. bouteselle place saddle) the signal to cavalry to mount.—Like old boots (slang) vigorously heartily.—Six feet in his boots quite six feet high.—To die in his boots to be cut off in the midst of health as by the rope; To have one's heart in one's boots to be in a state of extreme terror.
v.t. to profit or advantage.—n. advantage: profit: any reparation or compensation paid like the man-bote of old English law: (Shak.) booty.—adj. Boot′less without boot or profit: useless.—adv. Boot′lessly.—n. Boot′lessness.—To boot in addition; To make boot of (Shak.) to make profit of.
Typist: Rowland
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see your boots on another, your place will be usurped in the affections of your sweetheart. To wear new boots, you will be lucky in your dealings. Bread winners will command higher wages. Old and torn boots, indicate sickness and snares before you.
Checker: Michelle
Examples
- I despatched the first woman-servant I could find to Rosanna's room; and I sent the boy back to say that I myself would follow him with the boot. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Oliver knew this too well; but thinking it might be dangerous to express his feelings more openly, he only sighed, and went on with his boot-cleaning. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He struck his boot upon the ground, so that the guineas chinked within. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- How I do still abhor-- He ground his teeth and was silent: he arrested his step and struck his boot against the hard ground. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was lost upon Sikes, who was stooping at the moment to tie the boot-lace which the dog had torn. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The mark was not yet blurred out by the rain--and the girl's boot fitted it to a hair. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Considerable skill is required to do this, as all the joints and seams must be rolled down smooth and firm to ensure a solid boot or shoe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I had heard them, alone at the bedside, striking their boots with their riding-whips, and loitering up and down. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon them, and have people walking over them with heavy boots? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was riding a big gray gelding and he wore a khaki beret, a blanket cape like a poncho, and heavy black boots. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Upward of three thousand such machines were then at work throughout the world; and one hundred and fifty million pairs of boots were then being made annually thereon. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He bent down so low to frown at his boots, that he was able to rub the calves of his legs in the pause he made. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Catherine wore hobnailed boots and a cape and carried a stick with a sharp steel point. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There was a double line of tracks of a booted man, and a second double line which I saw with delight belonged to a man with naked feet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- That night, and the next, and the next again, the spy sat booted and equipped in his carter's dress: ready to turn out at a word from Fagin. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- When, at last, Haley appeared, booted and spurred, he was saluted with the bad tidings on every hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A carriage with post-horses was ready at the Bank door, and Jerry was booted and equipped. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Edited by Ervin