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Booteth vs Footeth - What's the difference?

booteth | footeth |

As verbs the difference between booteth and footeth

is that booteth is (boot) while footeth is (foot).

booteth

English

Verb

(head)
  • (boot)

  • boot

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) boote, .

    Noun

    (wikipedia boot) (en noun)
  • A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  • A blow with the foot; a kick.
  • (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  • A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
  • (US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  • A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
  • (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
  • (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
  • (Australia, British, NZ, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
  • * 1998 , , A Sight For Sore Eyes , 2010, page 260,
  • He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot' and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that ' boot but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.
  • * 2003 , Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide , unnumbered page,
  • The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.
  • * 2008 , MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles , page 104,
  • Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the boot' of the BMW and slammed the ' boot lid down.
  • (computing, informal) The act or process of removing somebody from a chat room.
  • (British, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman
  • (firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
  • Synonyms
    * (shoe) buskin, mukluk * (blow with foot) kick * (car storage) trunk (US) * (parking enforcement device) wheel clamp * fired, laid off
    Derived terms
    * bet one's boots * boot camp * boot cut * Boot Hill * bootless * bootstrap * car boot, car boot sale, boot sale * chewie on ya boot * Denver boot, aka wheel clamp * get the boot * give the boot * horse boot * army boot * Australian boot * Chelsea boot * chukka boot * combat boot * cowboy boot * football boot * go-go boot * gum boot, gumboot * Hessian boot * hiking boot * hip boot * hobnail boot * jackboot * Jesus boots * jump boot, paratrooper boot * jungle boot * knee high boot * kinky boot * Malay boot * motorcycle boot * riding boot * rigger boot * shake in one's boots * shoot the boots * ski boot * snowboard boot * Spanish boot * steel-toe boot * tabi boot * tanker boot * the boot is on the other foot * thigh boot * thigh-high boot * ugg boot, ug boot * walking boot (aka ankle walker) * Wellington boots * work boot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To kick.
  • I booted the ball toward my teammate.
  • To put boots on, especially for riding.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • Coated and booted for it.
  • To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
  • (informal) To forcibly eject.
  • We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible
  • (slang) To vomit.
  • Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch.
  • (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
  • * 2002 , Dan Verton, The Hacker Diaries - Page 67
  • As an IRC member with operator status, Swallow was able to manage who was allowed to remain in chat sessions and who got booted off the channel.
  • * 2003 , John C. Dvorak, Chris Pirillo, Online! - Page 173
  • Even flagrant violators of the TOS are not booted .
  • * 2002 , Jobe Makar, Macromedia Flash Mx Game Design Demystified - Page 544
  • In Electroserver, the kick command disconnects a user totally from the server and gives him a message about why he was booted .
    Usage notes
    The more common term for “to eject from a chatroom” etc. is kick .
    Synonyms
    * (kick) hoof, kick * (disconnect from online conversation) kick
    Derived terms
    * boot up * boot up the backside, boot up the bum

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) boote, bote, bot, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * bote

    Noun

  • (dated) remedy, amends
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • Thou art boot for many a bruise / And healest many a wound.
  • * Wordsworth
  • next her Son, our soul's best boot
  • (uncountable) profit, plunder
  • (obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense
  • * Shakespeare
  • I'll give you boot , I'll give you three for one.
  • (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot .
    Derived terms
    * to boot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to profit, avail, benefit
  • * Hooker
  • What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
  • * Byron
  • What subdued / To change like this a mind so far imbued / With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
  • * Southey
  • What boots to us your victories?
  • To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And I will boot thee with what gift beside / Thy modesty can beg.

    Etymology 3

    Shortening of (bootstrap).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
  • It took three boot s, but I finally got the application installed.
    Derived terms
    * boot disk * boot loader * boot sector * cold boot * dual boot * hot boot * warm boot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
  • When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine.

    Derived terms

    * reboot

    Etymology 4

    From , by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bootleg recording.
  • footeth

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (foot)

  • foot

    English

    (wikipedia foot)

    Noun

    (feet)
  • (countable) A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. (jump)
  • (countable, anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. (jump)
  • (uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking. (walking)
  • (countable) The base or bottom of anything. (jump)
  • (countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
  • (countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. (jump)
  • (countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. (jump)
  • (countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}
  • (military, pluralonly) Foot soldiers; infantry. (jump)
  • * Clarendon
  • His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot .
  • (countable, cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
  • (countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
  • (countable, printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. (jump)
  • (countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. (jump)
  • (countable, phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
  • (countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
  • (countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
  • (countable, botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
  • *
  • (b ) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
  • (countable, malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
  • (countable, molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein. (jump)
  • (countable, geometry) The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.
  • Fundamental principle; basis; plan. (never used in the plural)
  • * Berkeley
  • Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
  • Recognized condition; rank; footing. (never used in the plural)
  • * Walpole
  • As to his being on the foot of a servant.
    Usage notes
    * (jump) The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is (feet), but in many contexts, (term) itself may be used ("he is six foot two"). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural.Rich Alderson, “Why do we say ‘30 years old’, but ‘a 30-year-old man’?”, in Mark Israel, the alt.usage.english FAQ. * It is sometimes abbreviated ' , such as in tables, lists or drawings.

    Derived terms

    * a closed mouth gathers no feet * afoot * acre-foot * athlete's foot * best foot * Bigfoot * board foot * clubfoot * Chinese foot * cubic foot * footage * foot-and-mouth disease * football * footboard * footboy * foot brake * footbridge * footcandle * footfall * foot fault * footgear * foothill * foothold * footing * foot-in-mouth disease * foot iron * foot landraker * footlights * foot line * footlocker * footloose * foot louse * footly * footman * foot-mouth * footnote * footpad * footpath * foot-pound * foot post * footprint * foot pump * footrest * footrope * footsie * footsie-wootsies * foot soldier * footsore * footstep * footstone * footstool * foot warmer * footwear * footwell * footwork * footworn * four foot * get one's foot in the door * Hong Kong foot * immersion foot * itchy feet * Japanese foot * put one's foot in one's mouth * rabbit's foot * Roman foot * shoot oneself in the foot * six foot * square foot * start off on the wrong foot * trench foot * wrongfoot * See also

    Coordinate terms

    * inch, yard, mile * (jump) head, sides * (jump) head, body * head, leech, luff * (jump) head, cleft, neck * (jump) horse

    See also

    * , relating to the foot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
  • To pay (a bill).
  • To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
  • (Dryden)
  • To walk.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • To tread.
  • to foot the green
    (Tickell)
  • (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
  • * Shakespeare
  • What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?
  • To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
  • (Shakespeare)
  • To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up .
  • to foot (or foot up) an account

    Derived terms

    * foot the bill

    References