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Boot
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
(2):
(n.) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
(3):
(n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
(4):
(n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
(5):
(n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
(6):
(n.) Booty; spoil.
(7):
(v. i.) To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
(8):
(v. t.) To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
(9):
(v. t.) To put boots on, esp. for riding.
(10):
(n.) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
(11):
(v. t.) To profit; to advantage; to avail; - generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
(12):
(v. t.) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
(13):
(n.) A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
(14):
(n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
(15):
(n.) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Boot'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/boot.html. 1828.
