Webster's Dictionary 1913

3970

Bootblack

Boot″black′ (�), n. One who blacks boots.

3971

Booted

Boot″ed (�), a. 1. Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.2. (Zoöl.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; — said of the tar...

3972

Bootee

Boot‐ee″ (�), n. A half boot or short boot.

3973

Boötes

‖Bo‐ö″tes (bō̍‐ō″tēz), n. [L. Bootes, Gr. βοώτησ herdsman, fr. βου̑σ, gen. βοόσ, ox, cow.] (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.

3974

Booth

Booth (bo͞ot͡h), n. [OE. bothe; cf. Icel. būð, Dan. & Sw. bod, MHG. buode, G. bude, baude; from the same root as AS. būan to dwell, E. boor, bower, be; cf. Bohem. bauda, Pol. bu...

3975

Boothale

Boot″hale′ (�), v. t. & i. [Boot, for booty + hale.] To forage for booty; to plunder. Beau. & Fl.

3976

Boothose

Boot″hose′ (�), n. 1. Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots. Shak.2. Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. Sir W. Scott.

3977

Boothy

Booth″y (�), n. See Bothy.

3978

Bootikin

Boot″i‐kin (�), n. [Boot + -kin.] 1. A little boot, legging, or gaiter.2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole.

3979

Booting

Boot″ing, n. Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. Sir. J. Harrington.

3980

Booting (2)

Boot″ing, n. 1. A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2.2. A kicking, as with a booted foot.

3981

Bootjack

Boot″jack′ (�), n. A device for pulling off boots.

3982

Bootless

Boot″less (�), a. [From Boot profit.] Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success. Chaucer.I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers.Shak.— Boot″less‐ly,...

3983

Bootlick

Boot″lick′ (�), n. A toady. Bartlett.

3984

Bootmaker

Boot″mak′er (�), n. One who makes boots. — Boot″mak′ing, n.

3985

Boots

Boots (�), n. A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.

3986

Boottopping

Boot″top′ping (�), n. 1. (Naut.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary prote...

3987

Boottree

Boot″tree′ (�), n. [Boot + tree wood, timber.] An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when pu...

3988

Booty

Boo″ty (�), n. [Cf. Icel. b�ti exchange, barter, Sw. byte barter, booty, Dan. bytte; akin to D. buit booty, G. beute, and fr. Icel. byta, Sw. byta, Dan. bytte, to distribute, ex...

3989

Booze

Booze (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Boozed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Boozing.] [D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.] To drink greedily or immode...

3990

Booze (2)

Booze, n. A carouse; a drinking. Sir W. Scott.

3991

Boozer

Booz″er (�), n. One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.

3992

Boozy

Booz″y (�), a. A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy. C. Kingsley.

3993

Bopeep

Bo‐peep″ (�), n. [Bo + peep.] The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenl...

3994

Borable

Bor″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being bored.

3995

Borachte

Bo‐rach″te (�), n. [Sp. borracha a leather bottle for wine, borracho drunk, fr. borra a lamb.] A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other anim...

3996

Boracic

Bo‐rac″ic (�), a. [Cf. F. boracique. See Borax.] Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid.