Boot \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Boot \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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Booted \Boot"ed\, a.

1. Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of the tarsus of some birds.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)