" boots "

[Noun]  | "boots" | \ ˈbüts \

1: a person who shines shoes especially in a hotel

Origin: 1845 ;

 From plural of {see: |boot:3|boot:3};

[Noun]  | "boot" 

1: a fitted covering (as of leather or rubber) for the foot that usually reaches above the ankle

2: something that resembles or is likened to a boot; especially : an enclosing or protective casing or sheath (as for a rifle or over an electrical or mechanical connection)

3: an instrument of torture used to crush the leg and foot

Origin: 14th century ;

 (senses 1-8) Middle English bote, bot, boot, borrowed from Anglo-French bote (also continental Old French bote, botte), of uncertain origin; (sense 9) noun derivative of {see: |boot:4|boot:4}, sense 5;

  * Note : The French word is traced to a putative Germanic base *butt- "blunt" in Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, along with a diverse group of phonetically similar words, but both the semantic and phonetic assumptions are questionable.;

[Noun]  | "boot" | \ ˈbüt \

1: deliverance

2: something to equalize a trade

3: avail

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English bot, bote "advantage, good, relief, deliverance, redemption, amends, cure," going back to Old English bōt "a making good, repair, relief, deliverance, remedy, improvement, atonement, penance, compensation," going back to Germanic *botō "improvement" {mat|better:1|} ;

  * Note : Though its Old and Middle English predecessors were common nouns with numerous senses, boot now occurs rarely outside of the idiom to boot. This phrase is attested in the sense "to the advantage (of someone)" in Middle English ("to youre bote") and hence was generalized to "as an extra thing, into the bargain" and then "in addition, moreover.";

[Noun]  | "boot" 

1: booty, plunder

Origin: 1598 ;

 Shortened from {see: |booty:1|booty:1}, perhaps by association with {see: |boot:1|boot:1};

[Noun]  | "bossy-boots" 

1: a person who often tells other people what to do : a bossy person —often used before another noun

[Verb]  | "boot" 

1: avail, profit

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English boten "to cure, relieve, add to equalize the value of things exchanged, be of use, avail," probably in part derivative of bot, bote "advantage, good, relief," in part going back to Old English botian "to recover from ill health, keep in repair," derivative of bōt "a making good, repair, relief" {mat|boot:1|};

[Verb]  | "boot" 

1: to put boots on

2: kick

3: to eject or discharge summarily

Origin: 15th century ;

 (senses 1-4) Middle English boten "to put boots on," derivative of bote, bot {see: |boot:3|boot:3}; (sense 5) short for bootstrap in sense "to perform a bootstrap operation," derivative of {see: |bootstrap:2|bootstrap:2};

[Idiom]  | "(as) tough as old boots" 

1: very tough

[Idiom]  | "lick someone's boots" 

1: to treat someone powerful with too much respect in order to get approval

[Noun]  | "boots" 

[Noun]  | "boot" 

[Verb]  | "boots" 

[Verb]  | "boot" 

[Verb]  | "boot (out)" 

[Verb]  | "boots (up)"