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Webster 1913 Edition

Bootless

Boot′less

,

Adj.

[From

profit.]

Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.

Chaucer.

I’ll follow him no more with

bootless

prayers.

Shakespeare

–

Boot′less-ly

,

adv.

–

Boot′less-ness

,

Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bootless

BOOT'LESS

,

Adj.

[from boot.] Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.