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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: booted adj : wearing boots
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