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Webster 1913 Edition
Bote
Bote
,Noun.
[Old form of
boot
; – used in composition. See 1st Boot
.] (Law)
(a)
Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation;
as, man
. bote
, a compensation or a man slain(b)
Payment of any kind.
Bouvier.
(c)
A privilege or allowance of necessaries.
☞ This word is still used in composition as equivalent to the French estovers, supplies, necessaries; as, housebote, a sufficiency of wood to repair a house, or for fuel, sometimes called firebote; so plowbote, cartbote, wood for making or repairing instruments of husbandry; haybote or hedgebote, wood for hedges, fences, etc. These were privileges enjoyed by tenants under the feudal system.
Burrill.
Bouvier.
Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bote
BOTE
,Noun.
1.
In law, compensation; amends; satisfaction; as manbote, a compensation for a man slain. Also,payment of any kind.2.
A privilege or allowance of necessaries, used in composition as equivalent to the French estovers, supplies,necessaries; as house-bote, a sufficiency of wood to repair a house or for fuel, sometimes called fire-bote; so plow-bote, cart-bote, wood for making or repairing instruments of husbandry; hay-bote or hedge-bote, wood for hedges or fences, &c. These were privileges enjoyed by tenants under the feudal system.