Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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?

            What booteth it to others that we wish them well,
            and do nothing for them?              --Hooker.

            What subdued To change like this a mind so far
            imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
                                                  --Byron.

            What boots to us your victories?      --Southey.

   2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]

            And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy
            modesty can beg.                      --Shak.

Boot \Boot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Booting}.]
   1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.

            Coated and booted for it.             --B. Jonson.

   2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]

Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
   Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] --Sir. J.
   Harrington.

Booting \Boot"ing\, n.
   1. A kind of torture. See {Boot}, n., 2.

   2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]