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Booted

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.

Booted

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.

Wiktionary
booted
  1. Wearing a boot or boots. v

  2. (en-past of: boot)

WordNet
booted

adj. wearing boots

Wikipedia
Booted (song)

"Booted"is a 1952 song by Roscoe Gordon. The single was released on both the RPM and Chess labels and was the most successful of the four chart entries of Roscoe Gordon's career. "Booted" went to number one on the R&B chart.

Usage examples of "booted".

The Archivist was seated on a white marble lift bench, holding his winecup in both hands: the Horsemaster stood beside him, leaning over to speak to him with one booted foot on the stone slab, his own cup dangling perilously from loose fingers.

Someone had booted him most fiercely, and turning round he saw the face of Buller still more distorted with rage.

He took the other, tying triple knots in the thong that held his burse to his belt, loosening his jerkin, swinging his booted feet onto the hard, thin mattress, and pulling up a blanket of surprisingly soft merino.

In a second the mountebank was upright, had kicked her in the face with booted foot, and produced a six-inch knife from inside his riding coat.

A barefoot Pict can skip lightly where a booted and battle-ready soldier will sink.

Yonan had booted the body of the Thas out of the star but, though he redrew it with sword point, he had not enough of the herbs left for its guarding points.

His wide feet, booted or not, knew the trails through the maze of pools and runnels and sinky spots.

He thought he heard Berelain make a vexed sound when he booted Stayer to a quick trot, back toward the camp.

Here Jim becomes much excited, fancying himself for the moment a booted hero, rings, laced-coat, Steinkirk handkerchief, and all.

Springback shuffled his booted feet on the hard, tractive surface of the Western Tangent, Eliatim smiled through his stiffly waxed mustache and suddenly lowered the bow, easing tension on the string.

Gede knelt on one knee by the whipstaff, the other booted foot braced and his hand steady.

Sergeant Aarhus found a clear pair of booted tracks leading back in a straight line toward the distant walls.

He vaulted the brix wall, landing with one booted foot in a tumbled crate of shattered sparkling water flasks.

Behind him, a branch snapped or a booted foot found a chuckhole covered by leaves, or leather armor was tangled briefly in some brush.

When he found out that fellow been lifting coppers, he booted him off just like that, and he took his crew share, divided it among the hands who lost coins.