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boot
I. \ˈbüt, usu -üd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English boote, bote, from Old English bōt remedy, compensation; akin to Old High German buoza change for the better, Old Norse bōt remedy, compensation, Gothic bōta advantage, gain, Old English betera better — more at better
1. archaic
a. : help or relief especially in time of peril or great want : deliverance
b. : a person or thing that brings such help
2. now chiefly dialect : something to equalize an exchange
< give me your sow and a $10 boot or the trade is off for the heifer — Frank Neefe >
3. obsolete : profit or advantage towards the accomplishment of an end : avail, use
< then talk no more of flight, it is no boot — Shakespeare >
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II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English booten, boten, from boote, bote
intransitive verb
archaic : to be of help, profit, or advantage : avail
< it boots not to look backwards — Thomas Arnold >
transitive verb
obsolete : benefit, enrich
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French bote
1.
a. : a covering for the foot and leg that is usually made of leather or rubber and is of varying height between the ankle and hip
b. Britain : a shoe reaching to the ankle
c. : a rubber overshoe
2. : an instrument of torture applied to the leg and tightened so as to crush the leg and foot
3. : a sheath or casing resembling a boot that provides a protective covering for the leg: as
a. obsolete : a piece of leg armor
b. : a partial covering for the hoof and leg of a horse designed to prevent injury from interference
c. : the feathers on the shank and toes of certain domestic fowls
d. : the part of a stocking between the top and the foot
e. : a canvas or skin mitten used to protect the feet of working dogs from snow or ice
4. : a protective sheath or casing typically of an object or part resembling a leg: as
a. : the sheath near the uppermost leaves on the stems of grains and many palms that encloses the inflorescence which swells within it
b. : the metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof
c. : the box or compartment that contains the reed of a reed pipe of an organ
d. : a large thick patch for the inside of a tire casing
5.
a. obsolete : a built-in compartment on a horse-drawn coach used originally as a seat for the coachman and later for storage
b. Britain : the storage compartment at the rear of an automobile : trunk
6. : a usually leather article that resembles a boot: as
a. : a leather drinking vessel
b. : a leather carrying case for a rifle
< with the adoption of the bolt-action Krag … a long boot came into use, covering the entire carbine, up to the stock — W.F.Harris >
c. aeronautics : a pneumatic rubber cell or tube used for deicing a wing or tail surface
7.
a. : the box in which the lower pulley of a grain elevator runs
b. : the chamber and housing at the base of a bucket elevator
8.
a. : a blow delivered by or as if by a booted foot : kick
b. : a usually unexpected and often rude discharge or dismissal — often used with the
< she gave him the boot and married another man >
< he got the boot after 14 years and had to find a new job >
c. : pleasure or enjoyment especially of a momentary sort : bang, kick
< I get a big boot out of his jokes >
9. : a fumble in baseball
10.
a. : a recruit undergoing basic training in the United States Navy or Marines
b. : novice, trainee, apprentice
11. in glass manuf : a clay receptacle suspended in the nose of a tank furnace to exclude scum and to allow working of the glass without direct contact with heat and gases
12. : a drain cock in the bottom of a tank car or oil tank
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English booten, from boot — more at boot III
transitive verb
1.
a. : to put boots on (oneself or another)
b. : to supply with boots
< this firm … has booted and spurred every British monarch from George II on — New Yorker >
2.
a. : to send off or propel with force : kick
b. : to eject or discharge summarily — used often with out
< he has been quietly booted out as chief — Newsweek >
3. : to make an error on (a baseball batted on the ground) : fumble
< he booted an easy grounder and another run scored >
4. slang : to ride (a horse) in a race
< after a 24-year career in which he booted home nearly 150 stakes winners >
intransitive verb
: to put on one's boots
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: boot (I) (influenced in meaning by booty)
archaic : booty, plunder
VI. \ˈbüt\ verb
(boot·ed ; boot·ing)
Etymology: short for bootstrap (herein)
transitive verb
1. : to load (a program) into a computer from a disk
2. : to start or ready for use especially by booting a program — often used with up
< boot up a computer >
intransitive verb
1. : to become loaded into a computer's memory from a disk
< the program boots automatically >
2. : to become ready for use especially by booting a program
< the computer boots quickly >
— often used with up
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