booting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: booting	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boot \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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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? 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]:
Booting \Boot"ing\, n. Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] --Sir. J. Harrington.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Booting \Boot"ing\, n. 1. A kind of torture. See {Boot}, n., 2. 2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]