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Definitions for: Boot
[n] the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
[n] footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
[n] an instrument of torture that is used to crush the foot and leg
[n] protective casing for something that resembles a leg
[n] compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools (`boot' is British usage)
[n] the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a rush!"; "he does it for kicks"
[v] cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
[v] kick; give a boot to
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
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.
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.]
Boot, v. i.
To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
Boot, n.
Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
Synonyms: automobile trunk, bang, bring up, charge, flush, iron boot, iron heel, kick, kick, kicking, luggage compartment, reboot, rush, thrill, trunk
See Also: auto, automobile, blow, boot out, bootlace, bootleg, buskin, car, case, casing, chukka boot, combat boot, compartment, counter, cowboy boot, cowboy boots, desert boot, dropkick, drum out, excitement, exhilaration, expel, eyelet, footgear, footwear, gad, goal-kick, gum boot, half boot, hessian, Hessian boot, hip boot, hip boots, innersole, insole, instep, instrument of torture, jackboot, kick, kick out, machine, motorcar, oust, outsole, place kick, place-kicking, punt, punting, resuscitate, revive, riding boot, rubber boot, shell, ski boot, ski boots, spur, thigh boot, thigh boots, throw out, toecap, tongue, top boot, Wellington, Wellington boot
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