Vocabulary : Boot to Bootikin
Boot : Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief. ;; That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged. ;; Profit; gain; advantage; use. ;; To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it? ;; To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. ;; A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather. ;; An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland. ;; A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. ;; A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. ;; An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud. ;; The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof. ;; To put boots on, esp. for riding. ;; To punish by kicking with a booted foot. ;; To booBootblack : One who blacks boots.
Booted : of Boot ;; of Boot ;; Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire. ;; Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of the tarsus of some birds.
Bootee : A half boot or short boot.
Bootes : A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.