BOOT'LESSLY, adverb Without use or profit. BOOT'-TOPPING, noun [boot and top.] The operation of cleansing a ship's bottom, near the surface of the water, by scraping off the grass, slime, shells, etc. and daubing it with a mixture of tallow, sulphur and rosin. BOOT'-TREE, or BOOT'-LAST, noun An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven.
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