English English Dictionary
Dictionary
A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.
A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.
A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.
To forage for booty; to plunder.
Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.
Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback.
A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth.
See Bothy.
A little boot, legging, or gaiter.
A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
of Boot
of Boot
A kicking, as with a booted foot.
A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2.
Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.
A device for pulling off boots.
Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.
A toady.
One who makes boots.
A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.