[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

boot \boot\, v. t. imp.  p. p. booted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   booting.
   1. to profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed
      by it; as, what boots it?
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            what booteth it to others that we wish them well,
            and do nothing for them?              --hooker.
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            what subdued
            to change like this a mind so far imbued
            with scorn of man, it little boots to know. --byron.
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            what boots to us your victories?      --southey.
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   2. to enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. obs.
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            and i will boot thee with what gift beside
            thy modesty can beg.                  --shak.
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see also:
booted booting 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

boot \boot\, v. t. imp.  p. p. booted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   booting.
   1. to put boots on, esp. for riding.
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            coated and booted for it.             --b. jonson.
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   2. to punish by kicking with a booted foot. u. s.
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see also:
booted booting 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

booting \boot"ing\, n.
   advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. obs. --sir. j.
   harrington.
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[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

booting \boot"ing\, n.
   1. a kind of torture. see boot, n., 2.
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   2. a kicking, as with a booted foot. u. s.
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see also:
boot 

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