n. - Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
n. - That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
n. - Profit; gain; advantage; use.
v. t. - To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
v. t. - To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
n. - A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
n. - An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
n. - A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
n. - A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
n. - An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
n. - The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
v. t. - To put boots on, esp. for riding.
v. t. - To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
v. i. - To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
n. - Booty; spoil.