boot

boot has 24 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• 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.