boost2t

A Middle English form of boast1. boost3t, n. [Early mod. E., advantage, amendment, reparation (esp. in the phrase to bote (lit. 'for reparation, E. to boot ), frequent in the AS. laws), = OS. bōta = OFries. bōte = D. boete = LG. bote = OHG. buoza, MHG. buoze, G. bu e = Icel. bot = Sw. bot = Dan. bod = Goth. bōta, boot, advantage, profit, repair, reparation, etc.; If then the reward bee to bee measured by thy merites, what boote canst thou seeke for, but eternall paine. Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 181. Spenser, F. Q., III. xi. 19. 2. Something which is thrown in by one of the parties to a bargain as an additional consider a O! spare thy happy daies, and them apply To better boot . I'll give you boot , I'll give you three for one. Hence-2. One who is rude in manners, or iltion, or to make the exchange equal. literate; a clown; a clownish person. The profoundest philosopher differs in degree only, not in kind, from the most uncultivated boor . Channing, Perfect Life, p. 172. The habits and cunning of a boor . Thackeray . Tramped down by that Northern boor , Peter the Great. D. G. Mitchell, Wet Days. She is Shak ., T. and C., iv. 5. 3t. Help or deliverance; a istance; relief; remedy: as, boot for every bale. the rote of bountee and soules bote . Chaucer, Priore 's Tale, 1. 14. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 424. Words worth. .. Anon he yaf the syke man his bote . Next her son, our soul's best boot . 3. [ cap.] Same as Boer. boord1t, rd1t, n. and v. An obsolete form of board. boord2t, n. A variant form of bourd1. boorish (bör'ish), a. [ boersch = G. bäuerisch , clownish, rustic.] 1. Resembling a boor; clownish; rustic; awk- ward in manners; illiterate. No lusty neatherd thither drove his kine, No boorish hogherd fed his rooting swine. W. Browne, Brit. Past., ii. 1. 2. Pertaining to or fit for a boor. A gro and boorish opinion. Milton, On Divorce, i. 9. =Syn. Boorish, Churlish, Clownish, Loutish. He who is boorish is so low-bred in habits and ways as to be positively offensive. He who is churlish offends by his language and manners, they being such as would naturally be found in one who is coarse and selfish, and therefore generally insolent or crusty and rough; the opposite of kind and courteous: as, it is churlish to refuse to answer a civil question. The opposite of boorish is refined or polite; the opposite of clownish is elegant. Clownish is a somewhat weaker word than boorish, implying le that is disgusting in manner and speech; it often notes mere lack of refinement. The difference between clownish and loutish is that he who is clownish is generally stupid and sometimes ludicrous, while he who is loutish is perhaps slovenly and worthy of blame. In some countries the large cities absorb the wealth and fashion of the nation, and the country is inhabited almost entirely by boorish peasantry. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 80. My master is of churlish disposition, And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of hospitality. Shak., As you Like it, ii. 4. Tis clownish to insist on doing all with one's own hands, as if every man should build his own clumsy house, forge his hammer, and bake his dough. Emerson , Succe . There was none other boote for him, but to arm him. Lord Berners, tr. of Froi art, I. 674. It is no boot, it is usele or of no avail. Whereupon we thought it no boot to sit longer, since we could escape unobserved. R. Knox , Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 418. To boot [AS. to bote ], to the advantage; into the bargain; in addition; over and above; besides: as, I will give my house for yours with $500 to boot . Helen to change would give an eye to boot . Shak ., T. and C., i. 2. We are a people of prayer and good works to boot . Hawthorne, Old Manse, I. To make boot of, to make profit of; gain by. Give him no breath, but now Make boot of his distraction. Shak ., A. and C., iv. 1.