BOOT
\bˈuːt], \bˈuːt], \b_ˈuː_t]\
Definitions of BOOT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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kick; give a boot to
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footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
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protective casing for something that resembles a leg
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British term for the luggage compartment in a car
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the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
By Princeton University
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kick; give a boot to
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footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
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protective casing for something that resembles a leg
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
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Profit; gain; advantage; use.
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To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
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A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
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An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
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A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
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A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
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The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
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To put boots on, esp. for riding.
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To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
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To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
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Booty; spoil.
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To profit; to advantage; to avail; - generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
By Oddity Software
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That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
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Profit; gain; advantage; use.
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To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
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A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
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An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
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A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
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A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
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The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
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To put boots on, esp. for riding.
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To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
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To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
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Booty; spoil.
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To profit; to advantage; to avail; - generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
By Noah Webster.
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A leather covering for the foot and the lower part of the leg; that which is thrown in to persuade one to make a bargain, or to make an exchange equal; as, I will exchange my house for yours and give you one hundred dollars to boot.
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To profit; to benefit; as, it boots me nothing; to put boots on; kick with the boot.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg generally made of leather: an old instrument of torture for the legs: a box or receptacle in a coach: n.pl. the servant in a hotel that cleans the boots.
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To put on boots.
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To profit or advantage.
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Advantage: profit.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put boots on; kick.
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A leather covering for the foot, or foot and leg.
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A carriage receptacle, for carrying parcels, etc.
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To profit; avail.
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Something over and above given in barter.
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Advantage; resource; help.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Profit; gain; advantage; that which is given to make the exchange equal. To boot, in addition to; over and above.
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To put boots on.
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To profit; to advantage.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To profit; to do good; to enrich.
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Profit; gain; advantage.
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A covering for the foot and ankle, and sometimes part of the leg; a box for luggage in the fore part of a coach.
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To put on boots; to make ready for riding.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. That which is given to make an exchange equal; profit; gain.
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n. [French] A covering for the foot and leg;—a rack for the leg, used to torture criminals;—an apron or cover for a gig or other carriage;—a box covered with leather in the fore part, or a receptacle in the hind part, of a coach.
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