Boot

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.

Profit; gain; advantage; use.

To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?

To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.

A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.

An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.

A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.

A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.

An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.

The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.

To put boots on, esp. for riding.

To punish by kicking with a booted foot.

To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

Booty; spoil.

cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"

the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"