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(Bot.) A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A unit, employed in calculating fall of pressure in distributing mains, equivalent to a current of one ampère flowing through one foot of conductor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. (Bot.) A white-flowered west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. Maranta arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. Its root yields arrowroot starch. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.
Syn. -- arrowroot, American arrowroot, obedience plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having white-downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ A corruption of the native name. ] (Zool.) (a) A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens. (b) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the feet bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus fœtidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. Lotus corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. (b) the related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spæt'lum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian. -- n. A Blackfoot Indian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a weasellike mammal (Mustela nigripes) inhabiting the western North American prairie, having dark feet, a dark-tipped tail, and a dark face on a yellowish-brown coat. It is an endangered species. [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) See Colicroot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bloom; a blossoming. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All that blooth means heavy autumn work for him and his hands. T. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bot, bote, advantage, amends, cure, AS. bōt; akin to Icel. bōt, Sw. bot, Dan. bod, Goth. bōta, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E. better, adj. √255. ] 1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

He gaf the sike man his boote. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art boot for many a bruise
And healest many a wound. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Next her Son, our soul's best boot. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To boot, in addition; over and above; besides; as a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to boot. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

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? [ 1913 Webster ]

What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them? Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

What subdued
To change like this a mind so far imbued
With scorn of man, it little boots to know. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

What boots to us your victories? Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And I will boot thee with what gift beside
Thy modesty can beg. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of uncertain origin. ] 1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Boot catcher, the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [ Obs. ] Swift. --
Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. --
Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. --
Boot hook, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots. --
Boots and saddles (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill. --
Sly boots. See Slyboots, in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n. Booting. ] 1. To put boots on, esp. for riding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coated and booted for it. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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v. i. To boot one's self; to put on one's boots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Booty; spoil. [ Obs. or R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who blacks boots. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of the tarsus of some birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A half boot or short boot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L. Bootes, Gr. bow`ths herdsman, fr. boy^s, gen. boo`s, ox, cow. ] (Astron.) A northern constellation of stars near Ursa Major, containing the bright star Arcturus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bothe; cf. Icel. būð, Dan. & Sw. bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude; from the same root as AS. būan 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covered stall or other temporary structure in a fair, or market, or at a polling place. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a partly enclosed area within a room for use of one or a small number of people, such as one in a restaurant having a table and seats, or one at an exhibition containing a display of products from one organization. [ PJC ]

4. a small structure designed for the use of one person performing a special activity; as, a telephone booth; a highway toll booth; a projection booth; a guard booth. [ PJC ]

v. t. & i. [ Boot, for booty + hale. ] To forage for booty; to plunder. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bothy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ pos>n.; pl. -ies /plu> [ Scottish. Cf. Booth. ] A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Boot + -kin. ] 1. A little boot, legging, or gaiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [ Obs. ] Sir. J. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A device for pulling off boots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a long lace for fastening boots. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. distributed or sold illicitly; especially, imported illegally.
Syn. -- black-market, contraband, smuggled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. 1. to sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol.
Syn. -- smuggle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to produce alcohol illegally. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Boot profit. ] Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Boot"less*ly, adv. -- Boot"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A toady; a bootlicker. [ Low, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as he had no self-respect.
Syn. -- apple polisher, bootlick, fawner, groveller, truckler, ass-kisser, toady. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
Syn. -- fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish, ass-kissing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing, n. [1913 Webster]

n. A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Boot + tree wood, timber. ] An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. b&ymacr_;ti exchange, barter, Sw. byte barter, booty, Dan. bytte; akin to D. buit booty, G. beute, and fr. Icel. byta, Sw. byta, Dan. bytte, to distribute, exchange. The Scandinavian word was influenced in English by boot profit. ] That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To play booty, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose; to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him afterwards. [ Obs. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is the Pomme blanche of Canadian voyageurs. [ 1913 Webster ]