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Webster 1913 Edition

Boot

Boot

(boōt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bot
,
bote
, advantage, amends, cure, AS.
bōt
; akin to Icel.
bōt
, Sw.
bot
, Dan.
bod
, Goth.
bōta
, D.
boete
, G.
busse
; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E.
better
, adj. √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.
Shakespeare
3.
Profit; gain; advantage; use.
[Obs.]
Then talk no more of flight, it is no
boot
.
Shakespeare
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
.
Shakespeare
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.

Boot

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare

Boot

,
Noun.
[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.

Boot

,
Verb.
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.]

Boot

,
Verb.
I.
To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

Boot

,
Noun.
Booty; spoil.
[Obs. or R.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Boot

BOOT

,
Verb.
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

,
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.
T.
To put on boots.

Definition 2024

Boot

Boot

See also: boot and BOOT

German

Noun

Boot n ‎(genitive Bootes or Boots, plural Boote, diminutive Bötchen n or Bötlein n)

  1. boat
    • 1897, “Der Landbriefträger im Spreewalde”, Die Gartenlaube, vol. 10, p. 164:
      Auf dem Wasser, im geschmückten Boote, fährt man den kleinen Spreewaldbürger nach Lübbenau oder Burg zur Taufe, im Boot begiebt sich der Abcschütz nach der Schule, und auf den grünen, freundlichen Spreewellen läßt man sich zur Arbeit wie zur Freude tragen.
      On the water, in a decorated boat, the little denizen of the Spreewald is taken to Lübbenau or Burg to be baptized; in a boat the schoolchild goes to school; and on the friendly green waves of the Spree one is carried to work as if to joy.
    • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, “Träumerei auf einem Havelsee”, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa, pp. 363–64:
      zwei Stunden lieg ich hier schon
       und seh auf die Kiefern und in das Wasser hinein –
        auf meinem Boot ganz allein.
      I’ve been lying here for two hours now
       looking at the pines and into the water—
        all alone on my boat.
    • 3 January 1994, “Namen und Nachrichten: 3 656 Kubaner flüchteten 1993”, Berliner Zeitung:
      Wie die Küstenwache in Miami mitteilte, trafen in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten 3 656 Kubaner mit dem Boot in Florida ein, 43 Prozent mehr als 1992.
      The Coast Guard in Miami has reported that in the past twelve months, 3,656 Cubans arrived in Florida by boat, 43 percent more than in 1992.

Declension

Derived terms

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Boot n

  1. boat, skiff, yawl

boot

boot

See also: Boot and BOOT

English

Boots, noun - etymology 1, definition 1

Noun

boot ‎(plural boots)

  1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  2. A blow with the foot; a kick.
  3. (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  4. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
  5. (US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  6. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
  7. (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
  8. (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
  9. (Australia, Britain, New Zealand, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
    • 1998, Ruth Rendell, A Sight For Sore Eyes, 2010, page 260,
      He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that boot but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.
    • 2003, Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide, unnumbered page,
      The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.
    • 2008, MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles, page 104,
      Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the boot of the BMW and slammed the boot lid down.
  10. (informal) The act or process of removing or firing someone.
  11. (Britain, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman
  12. (firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
  13. (baseball) A bobbled ball.
  14. (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
Synonyms
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Verb

boot ‎(third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)

  1. To kick.
    I booted the ball toward my teammate.
  2. To put boots on, especially for riding.
    • Ben Jonson
      Coated and booted for it.
  3. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
  4. (informal) To forcibly eject.
    We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible
  5. (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
    • 2002, Dan Verton, The Hacker Diaries - Page 67
      As an IRC member with operator status, Swallow was able to manage who was allowed to remain in chat sessions and who got booted off the channel.
    • 2003, John C. Dvorak, Chris Pirillo, Online! - Page 173
      Even flagrant violators of the TOS are not booted.
    • 2002, Jobe Makar, Macromedia Flash Mx Game Design Demystified - Page 544
      In Electroserver, the kick command disconnects a user totally from the server and gives him a message about why he was booted.
  6. (slang) To vomit.
    Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.
Usage notes

The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is kick.

Synonyms
  • (kick): hoof, kick
  • (disconnect from online conversation): kick
Derived terms
  • boot up
  • boot up the backside, boot up the bum
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt ‎(“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō ‎(“atonement, improvement”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHd-, *bʰoHd- ‎(“good”). Akin to Old Norse bót ‎(“bettering, remedy”) (Danish bod), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 ‎(bota), German Buße.

Alternative forms

Noun

boot ‎(countable and uncountable, plural boots)

  1. (dated) remedy, amends
    • Sir Walter Scott
      Thou art boot for many a bruise / And healest many a wound.
    • Wordsworth
      next her Son, our soul's best boot
  2. (uncountable) profit, plunder
  3. (obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense
    • Shakespeare
      I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.
  4. (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
    • Shakespeare
      Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

boot ‎(third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)

  1. (transitive) to profit, avail, benefit
    • Hooker
      What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
    • Byron
      What subdued / To change like this a mind so far imbued / With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
    • Southey
      What boots to us your victories?
  2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
    • Shakespeare
      And I will boot thee with what gift beside / Thy modesty can beg.
Quotations
  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:boot.
Translations

Etymology 3

Shortening of bootstrap.

Noun

boot ‎(plural boots)

  1. (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
    It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

boot ‎(third-person singular simple present boots, present participle booting, simple past and past participle booted)

  1. (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
    When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.
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Etymology 4

From bootleg ‎(“to make or sell illegally”), by shortening

Noun

boot ‎(plural boots)

  1. A bootleg recording.
    • 1999, "Tom Fletcher", Looking for Iron Maiden boot traders (on newsgroup alt.music.bootlegs)
      I am looking to trade Iron Maiden boots. I have many Iron Maiden bootlegs. I have lots of Metallica. I trade CDR's, tapes and videos.
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Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch boot.

Noun

boot ‎(plural bote)

  1. boat

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːt
  • IPA(key): /boːt/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): [boːt]
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): [boʊt]

Noun

boot m, f ‎(plural boten, diminutive bootje n)

  1. boat

Synonyms

Derived terms

Portuguese

Noun

boot m (plural boots)

  1. (computing) boot (the act or process of bootstrapping)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:boot.

Etymology

Via Middle Low German bōt from Middle English bot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boːt/
  • Homophone: bot

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