Hypertext Webster Gateway: "booted"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Coated and booted for it. --B. Jonson.

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. (Zo["o]l.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering;
-- said of the tarsus of some birds.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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