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

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
boot catcher
The servant at an inn whose business it is to clean the boots of the guest. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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
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
Boot Alley, Nicholas Lane
See Nicholas Passage. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.