Dr. Jayakar was not only one of them but was at places the prime mover in the historic decisions taken by a nation struggling to get free of the Britishboot.
1989, Gilles Perrault, Pierre Azema,Paris Under the Occupation:
Never in its long history, and one rich with brutal inequities too, had Paris known the disgrace of seeing one section of its community prosper under theboot of an invader
2013 October 8, Stanley Weintraub,Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, Hachette UK,→ISBN:
Chronic unrest in Ireland, long under the Britishboot, was about to culminate in a popular rising.
(usually preceded by definite article) Atorture device used on the feet or legs, such as aSpanish boot.
1936, Rollo Ahmed,The Black Art, London: Long, page221:
Theboot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.
He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of theboot and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in thatboot 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 andboot lid in aluminium on steel frames.
2008, MB Chattelle,Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles,page104:
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 theboot of the BMW and slammed theboot lid down.
(informal, with definite article) The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
He was useless so he got theboot.
(British,slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.
They drew in their horses and dismounted. The others riding ahead were already out of sight in the darkness. Beyond them shone the lights of Bou Saada. Tarzan removed his rifle from itsboot and loosened his revolver in its holster.
2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, inThe Economist[2]:
The one certainty is that the redrafting will delay by several months the general election that was supposed to be held at the end of this year. Mr Prayuth has implied that elections cannot now be held until after King Vajiralongkorn's coronation, which itself cannot take place until after his father's elaborate cremation, scheduled for October. All thisboots the long-promised polls well into 2018.
To put boots on, especially for riding.
1641,Ben Jonson,Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter[3]:
Coated andbooted for it.
(colloquial,Canada,US, usually withit) To step on theaccelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
The storm is coming fast!Boot it!
We had toboot it all the way there to get to our flight on time.
2015 November 1, “Dem Man Know”,C4 (814) (lyrics):
C4 run man through the alley Get a man down with the swammy Get a man down with the whammy Boot couple niggas on the road No face no case with the bally (booting)
(countable,uncountable) 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.
2008, Jeffrey H. Rattiner,Financial Planning Answer Book 2009, pages6–43:
If mortgaged property is transferred, the amount of the mortgage is part of theboot. If both parties to the transaction transfer mortgages to each other, the party giving up the larger debt treats the excess as taxableboot.
2021, Eli Amir, Marco Ghitti,Financial Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions, page117:
If the target retains theboot and uses it for, say, paying its debt, there is taxation on theboot.
Itbootes me not to threat, I must ſpeake faire, / The legate of the Pope will be obeyd:[…]
1678Richard Hooker, “A Sermon found in the study of Bishop Andrews” inIzaak Walton,The Life of Dr. Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln, London: Richard Marriot, p. 262,[4]
Whatbooteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
What could be wanting in my father but to have wrote a book to publiſh this notion of his to the world? Littleboots it to the ſubtle ſpeculatiſt to ſtand ſingle in his opinions,—unleſs he gives them proper proper vent:[…]
1794,Robert Southey,Wat Tyler. A Dramatic Poem. In Three Acts, London: J[ohn] M‘Creery,[…] for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones,[…], published1817,→OCLC, Act II,page44:
Think you that we should quarrel with the French? / Whatboots to us your victories, your glory? / We pay, we fight, you profit at your ease.
The original gender dating from Middle Dutch is masculine, still preserved in southern regiolects. In the 17th century,boot was predominantly considered neuter in northern Dutch (possibly influenced byhetschip), and in the 18th century the feminine gender was generalised in written language. An obsolete plural isboots.
(computing)boot(the act or process of bootstrapping)
2008, Sistemas Operacionais com Java,Sistemas Operacionais com Java, Elsevier Brasil,→ISBN,page311:
As informações deboot podem ser armazenadas em uma partição separada. Mais uma vez, ela tem seu próprio formato, pois, no momento doboot, o sistema ainda não carregou drivers de dispositivo do sistema de arquivos e, por isso, não pode interpretar o formato do sistema de arquivos.
