bootlace (botlas)

The string or cord for fastening a boot or half-boot; a shoe-string. boot-last (böt'låst), n. See boot -tree. boot-leg (böt'leg), n. The part of a boot above the upper; leather cut out for the leg of a boot. bootle (böt'les), a. [ It is bootele to thinke to rest rayne them by any penaltyes or feare of punishment. Spenser, State of Ireland. Till the foiled King, from pathle glen, Shall, bootle turn him home again. Scott, L. of the L., ii. 30. He certainly had ample leisure to repent the haste with which he had got out of his warm bed in Vienna to take his bootle journey to Bru els. Motley, Dutch Republic, III. 518. bootle ly (böt'les-li), adv . Without use, profit, from G.; Gael. buth = Ir. both , boith = W. bwth , The Constellation Boötes. or succe . bootle ne (böt'les-nes), n. [ bootle + -ne .] The state of being unavailing or usele . IMG:content-2334.png:[blocks in formation]