'Booting' definitions:
Definition of 'Booting'
From: GCIDE
- Booting \Boot"ing\, n. Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] --Sir. J. Harrington. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Booting'
From: 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? [1913 Webster]
- What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them? --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- What subdued To change like this a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- What boots to us your victories? --Southey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy modesty can beg. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Booting'
From: GCIDE
- Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n. Booting.]
- 1. To put boots on, esp. for riding. [1913 Webster]
- Coated and booted for it. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Booting'
From: GCIDE
- Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
- 1. A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Booting'
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