| • | 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. |
