Booting

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]:

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

  Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
     Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] --Sir. J.
     Harrington.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
     1. A kind of torture. See {Boot}, n., 2.
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     2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]
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