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S vs Bote - What's the difference?

s | bote |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun bote is

.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    bote

    English

    Alternative forms

    * *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction, penance, expiation; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
    • Iesu For synne þat hath my soule bounde, Let þi blessed blood be my bote . — Iesu þat art heuene
  • A payment of any kind.
  • A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
  • (legal, historical) A right to take wood from property not one's own.
  • (obsolete) repairs
    • Þey shulde..do bote to brugges þat to-broke were. — Pier's Plowman, 1400
  • (obsolete) advantage, benefit, profit, cure, remedy
    • Heo lufeden bi wurten, bi moren, and bi rote; nas þer nan oðer boten . — Layamon's Brut, 1275

    Usage notes

    * Often used to form compounds indicating a right to take wood only for a specific purpose.

    Synonyms

    * estovers

    Derived terms

    * burghbote * cartbote * firebote * frithbote * haybote * hedgebote * housebote * maegbote * manbote * plowbote, ploughbote * theftbote * wainbote

    References

    (Webster 1913) * Middle English Dictionary ----