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Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief. He gaf the sike man his boote. Chaucer. Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound. Sir W. Scott. Next her Son, our soul's best boot. Wordsworth.

One who blacks boots.

Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.

A half boot or short boot.

A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.

A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation. Camden.

To forage for booty; to plunder. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots. Shak.

See Bothy.

A little boot, legging, or gaiter.

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

A device for pulling off boots.

nprofitable; useless; without advantage or success. Chaucer. I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. Shak. -- Boot"less*ly, adv. -- Boot"less*ness, n.

A toady. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett.

One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing, n.

A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.

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.

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. The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees. Thackeray.

d by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton. 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.

, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth. [Scot.]