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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, 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·ed a.
1. Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.
2. Zool. Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of the tarsus of some birds.
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