boot catcher

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• Boot

  ·noun Booty; spoil. II. Boot ·noun Profit; gain; advantage; use. III. Boot ·vt To put boots on, ·e...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• to boot

  (Ang. Sax. to-bote.) In addition; over and above; that which is given to make the exchange equal.--J...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Catcher

  ·noun One who, or that which, catches. II. Catcher ·noun The player who stands behind the batsman t...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Half-boot

  ·noun A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. ·see <<Cocker>>, and Congress boot, under <<C...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wellington boot

  ·add. ·- A riding boot for men, the front of which came above the knee; also, a similar shorter boot...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Boot Alley

  In Grub Sfreet, Fore Street, Cripplegate (Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• buckinger's boot

  The monosyllable. Matthew Buckinger was born without hands and legs; notwithstanding which he drew c...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• boot-topping

  The old operation of scraping off the grass, slime, shells, &c., which adhere to the bottom, near th...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Cony-catcher

  ·noun A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. ...

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• Torpedo catcher

  ·add. ·- A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats. ...

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• Word-catcher

  ·noun One who cavils at words. ...

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• devil catcher

  A parson. See snub devil. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fart catcher

  A valet or footman from his walking behind his master or mistress. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• rabbit catcher

  A midwife. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fly-catcher

  n. bird-name used elsewhere.The Australian species are – – Black-faced Flycatcher – – Monarcha mela...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• oyster-catcher

  n. common English bird-name.The Australasian species are – – Pied, Haematopuslongirostris, Vieill.;...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• oyster-catcher

  , or sea-pye. The black and white coast-bird, Hæmatopus ostralegus. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• foxing a boot

  Mending the foot by capping it. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• white boot-top

  A painted white line carried fore and aft on the hammock-netting base. It gives a longer appearance ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• wagtail fly-catcher

  See wagtail ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Boot Alley, Nicholas Lane

  See Nicholas Passage. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.