Booted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boot \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?
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              What booteth it to others that we wish them well,
              and do nothing for them?              --Hooker.
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              What subdued
              To change like this a mind so far imbued
              With scorn of man, it little boots to know. --Byron.
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              What boots to us your victories?      --Southey.
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     2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]
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              And I will boot thee with what gift beside
              Thy modesty can beg.                  --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Booted \Boot"ed\, a.
     1. Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for
        riding; as, a booted squire.
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     2. (Zool.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; --
        said of the tarsus of some birds.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Booting}.]
     1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
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              Coated and booted for it.             --B. Jonson.
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     2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  booted
       adj : wearing boots