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Webster 1913 Edition


Bote

Bote

,
Noun.
[Old form of
boot
; – used in composition. See 1st
Boot
.]
(Law)
(a)
Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation;
as, man
bote
, a compensation or a man slain
.
(b)
Payment of any kind.
Bouvier.
(c)
A privilege or allowance of necessaries.
☞ This word is still used in composition as equivalent to the French estovers, supplies, necessaries; as, housebote, a sufficiency of wood to repair a house, or for fuel, sometimes called firebote; so plowbote, cartbote, wood for making or repairing instruments of husbandry; haybote or hedgebote, wood for hedges, fences, etc. These were privileges enjoyed by tenants under the feudal system.
Burrill.
Bouvier.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bote

BOTE

,
Noun.
[The old orthography of boot, but retained in law, in composition.
1.
In law, compensation; amends; satisfaction; as manbote, a compensation for a man slain. Also,payment of any kind.
2.
A privilege or allowance of necessaries, used in composition as equivalent to the French estovers, supplies,necessaries; as house-bote, a sufficiency of wood to repair a house or for fuel, sometimes called fire-bote; so plow-bote, cart-bote, wood for making or repairing instruments of husbandry; hay-bote or hedge-bote, wood for hedges or fences, &c. These were privileges enjoyed by tenants under the feudal system.

Definition 2024


botë

botë

See also: bote, Bote, boté, bóte, and böte

Albanian

Noun

botë f (indefinite plural bota, definite singular bota, definite plural botat)

  1. world
  2. earth
  3. soil

Declension

Derived terms

  • (Standard, Tosk) botror, (Gheg) botnor
  • (Standard, Tosk) botëror
Related terms

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