(n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
(n.) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
(n.) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
(v. t.) To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
(v. t.) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
(n.) A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
(n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
(n.) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
(n.) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
(n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
(n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
(v. t.) To put boots on, esp. for riding.
(v. t.) To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
(v. i.) To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
(n.) Booty; spoil.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
(2) The ulcers on seven of ten legs (70%) treated with Unna's boots and on 10 of 14 legs (71%) treated with elastic support stocking healed.
(3) Adjunctive usage of elastic stockings and intermittent compression pneumatic boots in the perioperative period was helpful in controlling leg swelling and promoting wound healing.
(4) Were he from Iceland, or from the north pole, then I would say he still had his ski boots on.
(5) Children as young as 18 months start by sliding on tiny skis in soft supple boots, while over-threes have more formal lessons in the snow playground.
(6) Meanwhile, we have boots on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri.
(7) That would kickstart the spin again and then some, in doublequick time to boot.
(8) Extents of in situ ruminal digestion (72 h residue) for NDF, hemicellulose and cellulose were lower (P less than .05) for full-head than for late-boot-stage bromegrass.
(9) Each moment was scripted, from the placement of his riding boots in the stirrups of the riderless black horse that accompanied his procession through Washington, to tonight’s burial at sunset back in California.
(10) The 48-year-old, who turned to acting after hanging up his boots, told the Sun on Sunday it is the greatest challenge he has come up against.
(11) William Boot's work was done, and it was time to go home.
(12) Are we moving from a culture where MPs stayed in parliament until booted out, to one where many do five years and move on, frustrated and exhausted?
(13) Its boot always held a bivouac bag, a trenching tool of some sort and a towel and trunks, in case he passed somewhere interesting to sleep, dig, or swim.
(14) There's a cute one comparing feelings to children: you don't want to let them drive, but equally you don't want to stuff them in the boot.
(15) And for kids born post-smartphone, they’re the diary that us (comparative) olds kept on paper, the disposable camera that cost us £7.99 and seven days to develop at Boots: an inextricable part of how young people live their lives.
(16) cc @ kidweil #USMNT March 23, 2013 5 mins of stoppage time we're hearing... 4.00am GMT 88 mins ...Barrantes is over the ball and he drives it low and hard, but Dempsey boots it clear.
(17) Politicians On the surface a recession would be a disaster for Labour, yet it doesn't always follow that the government party gets booted out when times are hard.
(18) The people were free, the dictator was dead, a mooted massacre had been averted – and all this without any obvious boots on the ground.
(19) The player can expect another reminder from the boot manufacturer that “all or nothing” must still only be applied within reason.
(20) The box itself is nearly identical to that of the 5S, while a picture of the phone being turned on shows the familiar Apple logo on a boot screen.
Wader
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, wades.
(n.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves.
Example Sentences:
(1) Wild parrots, waterfowl and migratory waders appear to present a minimal threat.
(2) The Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, made a more successful visit during the floods, donning waders to reach stranded residents, and his party is beginning to get a foothold in Somerset.
(3) Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Standing in green rubber waders in a hastily emptied living room, thigh-deep in foul-smelling water, Steve, 56, had explained how he, his wife Kay, their daughter, her husband Ross, and their daughters now four and two, had moved in just weeks before, on 20 December.
(4) Another resident of the converted 18th century mill, John Bonham, arrived back from the shops in waders.
(5) "He's very helpful, is Jack," says Cummerford, pulling on his waders for a trip out.
(6) Men and women in hi-vis jackets and blue chest-high waders fill wheelbarrows with woodchips and spread them on the sodden riverbank.
(7) Eating dead birds is preferable to dumping them , as some shoots do, but this beautiful, elusive wader is rapidly declining .
(8) Stone-curlews (also known as ‘thick-knees’) are members of the wader tribe (though I have never seen a stone-curlew actually wade); and are mainly nocturnal – hence the large eyes.
(9) The speed of needle-fish, together with their tendency to leap out of the water when bright lights are used for fishing and at other times, occasionally result in deep, penetrating injuries to swimmers, waders, and, in particular, to fishermen who are working at night from small canoes.
(10) The effect of chronic endurance exercise on the emotionality of male albino rats was studied in five experimental groups: Controls, Runners, Walkers, Swimmers and Waders.
(11) On Tuesday, he was having to don waders and pick his way through waist-deep water to get to and from his front door.
(12) Clouds of waders have risen up from the rapidly disappearing mud: a tight flock of several thousand dunlins , together with a few hundred of the larger knots, which spend the winter here on the estuary.
(13) Migrant waders accumulate pollutants from their marine moulting and wintering grounds in Western Europe.
(14) On waders this genus is abundant and generally takes the dominant position in frequency, while members of the superfamily Amblycera remain scarce components in the simple communities constituted by the parasites (fig.
(15) This nomadic wader has been in the area for several weeks and seemed very much at home in this temporary wetland.
(16) The sun compass could be used for great circle orientation, but observed spring flight trajectories of high-arctic waders and geese seem to conform with rhumbline routes.
(17) I feel faint and wish I was wearing fewer clothes under my protective white suit and weighted plastic thigh-high waders.
(18) You park in the school car park, pull on your waders, and cross the bridge over the River Parrett by the King Alfred pub, its backroom piled high with boxes of biscuits, Pot Noodles, jars of instant coffee and tins of soup and beans, marked Somerset Levels Relief Donations .
(19) Either way, it's a jarring moment of decency in a carnival of exhibitionism; a disconcerting burst of modesty at a brazen flesh disco, like Liberace turning up at Studio 54 in duffle coat and waders.
(20) Walkers and Waders received comparable handling and exposure to the psychological aspects of the treadmill running and swimming routines but were not physically trained.