Part 1281

<blockquote>What subdued To change like this a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little <b>boots</b> to know. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What <b>boots</b> to us your victories? <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And I will <b>boot</b> thee with what gift beside Thy modesty can beg. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boot</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Boot</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bote</ets>, OF. <ets>bote</ets>, F. <ets>botte</ets>, LL. <ets>botta</ets>; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.</def>

<blockquote>So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the <b>boots</b>; for they put a pair of iron <b>boots</b> close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Plumbing)</fld> <def>The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.</def>

<cs><col>Boot catcher</col>, <cd>the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Swift</i>.</cd> -- <col>Boot closer</col>, <cd>one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots.</cd> -- <col>Boot crimp</col>, <cd>a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot.</cd> -- <col>Boot hook</col>, <cd>a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.</cd> -- <col>Boots and saddles</col> <fld>(Cavalry Tactics)</fld>, <cd>the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill.</cd> -- <col>Sly boots</col>. <cd>See <er>Slyboots</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd></cs>

<h1>Boot</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Boot</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Booted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Booting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put boots on, esp. for riding.</def>

<blockquote>Coated and <b>booted</b> for it. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To punish by kicking with a booted foot.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<-- boot out. (obj=a person) (Colloq.) Eject; throw out. -->

<h1>Boot</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Boot</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.</def>

<h1>Boot</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Boot</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Booty; spoil.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bootblack</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Boot"black`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who blacks boots.</def>

<h1>Booted</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Boot"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; <as>as, a <ex>booted</ex> squire</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of the tarsus of some birds.</def>