boot

IPA(Pronunciation)

/but/

Noun

archaic countable dialectal uncountable obsolete

(archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends. / (uncountable) Profit, plunder.

Japanese Meaning

補償、償い（古語・方言における『remedy, amends』の意味） / 戦利品、略奪による利益（数えられないとしての『profit, plunder』の意味）

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

昔の村の習慣では、過ちを犯した者は被害を受けた家族に償いを差し出すことが期待されていた。

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Sense（1）

(archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.

Thou art boot for many a bruise / And healest many a wound.

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Sense（2）

(uncountable) Profit, plunder.

Sense（3）

(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.

I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.

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Sense（4）

(obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use.

Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot.

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Sense（5）

(obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.

Sense（6）

(obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy.

boots

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