boot sb.1 (3 influenced by the word ‘booty’)
1.
something given in addition or into the bargain
Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 654,
R3 IV. iv. 65
“Young York he is but
boot,”
Troil. IV. v. 40
“I'll give you boot;
I'll give you three for one”
; esp. in phr. “to ”
(freq.).
2.
advantage, profit:
phrases “make boot of,”
profit by Ant. IV. i. 9; “it is no boot,” it is
of no avail or use Shr. V. ii.
177; “to boot,”
to our help Wint. I. ii. 80,
R3 V. iii. 302
“Saint George to
boot!”
