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Boots
Boots Boots, n.
A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the
boots and shoes.
BootBoot Boot, 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.
2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to
extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
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.
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.]
4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned
stagecoach.
5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the
driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe
where it passes through a roof.
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. BootBoot Boot, 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?
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. BootBoot Boot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Booting.]
1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
Coated and booted for it. --B. Jonson.
2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.] Boot
Boot Boot, n.
Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
Meaning of Boots from wikipedia
- type of footwear. Most
boots mainly cover the foot and the ankle,
while some also
cover some part of the
lower calf. Some
boots extend up the leg, sometimes...
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Jordan Asher Cruz,
known professionally as
Boots (stylized as
BOOTS), is an
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Boots UK
Limited (formerly
Boots the
Chemists Limited) is a
British health and
beauty retailer and
pharmacy chain that
operates in the
United Kingdom....
- "
Boots" is a poem by
English author and poet
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). It was
first published in 1903, in his
collection The Five Nations. "
Boots"...
- The Sam
Vimes theory of
socioeconomic unfairness,
often called simply the
boots theory, is an
economic theory that
people in
poverty have to buy
cheap and...
- "These
Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a hit song
written by Lee
Hazlewood and
recorded by
American singer Nancy Sinatra. It
charted on
January 22, 1966...
- "
Boots on the Ground", also
known as "
Boots on the Ground:
Where Them Fans At?" is a
dance song
written and
performed by
Salley and Wagener,
South Carolina...
- fortune. Puss in
Boots or Puss 'n'
Boots may also
refer to: Puss in
Boots (1922 film), an
American animated short by Walt
Disney Puss in
Boots (1934 film)...
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Kinky Boots is a
musical with
music and
lyrics by
Cyndi Lauper and book by
Harvey Fierstein.
Based on the 2005
British film
Kinky Boots,
written by Geoff...
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Green Boots is the body of an
unidentified climber that
became a
landmark on the main
Northeast ridge route of
Mount Everest.
There exist several theories...
