Definition of boot

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Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

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Corsair :: Corsair (n.) A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land..
Boothose :: Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots..
Booting :: Booting (n.) A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2..
Cracowes :: Cracowes (n. pl.) Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg..
Freebooting :: Freebooting (a.) Acting the freebooter; practicing freebootery; robbing.
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
Bootee :: Bootee (n.) A half boot or short boot.
Flick :: Flick (v. t.) To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots..
Marauder :: Marauder (v.) A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.
Clamper :: Clamper (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper..
Booting :: Booting (n.) A kicking, as with a booted foot..
Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.
Boottree :: Boottree (n.) An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven..
Blacking :: Blacking (n.) Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe..
Bootikin :: Bootikin (n.) A little boot, legging, or gaiter..
Tolbooth :: Tolbooth (n.) See Tollbooth.
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
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