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.]
Booted \Boot"ed\, a.
1. Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for
riding; as, a booted squire.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering;
-- said of the tarsus of some birds.
Source : WordNet®
booted
adj : wearing boots