2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]
Boot
(Boot), v. i. To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
Boot
(Boot), n. Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
Bootblack
(Boot"black`) n. One who blacks boots.
Booted
(Boot"ed) a.
1. Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.
2. (Zoöl.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; — said of the tarsus of some birds.
Bootee
(Boot*ee") n. A half boot or short boot.
Boötes
(||Bo*ö"tes) n. [L. Bootes, Gr. bow`ths herdsman, fr. boy^s, gen. boo`s, ox, cow.] (Astron.) A
northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.
Booth
(Booth) n. [OE. bothe; cf. Icel. buð, Dan. & Sw. bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude; from the
same root as AS. buan to dwell, E. boor, bower, be; cf. Bohem. bauda, Pol. buda, Russ. budka,
Lith. buda, W. bwth, pl. bythod, Gael. buth, Ir. both.]
1. A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation. Camden.
2. A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.
Boothale
(Boot"hale`) v. t. & i. [Boot, for booty + hale.] To forage for booty; to plunder. [Obs.] Beau.
& Fl.
Boothose
(Boot"hose`) n.
1. Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots. Shak.
2. Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. Sir W. Scott.
Boothy
(Booth"y) n. See Bothy.
Bootikin
(Boot"i*kin) n. [Boot + - kin.]
1. A little boot, legging, or gaiter.
2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole.
Booting
(Boot"ing), n. Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] Sir. J. Harrington.
Booting
(Boot"ing), n.
1. A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2.
2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]
Bootjack
(Boot"jack`) n. A device for pulling off boots.
Bootless
(Boot"less) a. [From Boot profit.] Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.
Chaucer.
I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
Shak.
