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bootlessly
ˈbootlessly, adv. [f. bootless a.1 + -ly2.] Without success or advantage; unsuccessfully; unprofitably; uselessly.1612 T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 15 (1619) 309 Bootlessly to employ all their paines in keeping themselues from outward pollution. 1863 Pilgrim. over Prairies II. 264 The hunters, returning... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. bootless, a.1 (ˈbuːtlɪs) [OE. bótléas, f. bót, boot n.1: see -less.] † 1. Not to be expiated or recompensed by a ‘bote’; see boot n.1 9. (Only in OE. law.)a 1000 in Thorpe Laws I. 385 (Bosw.) Donne siȝ ðæt botleas. Ibid. I. 410 Husbryce is botleas. [1714 J. Fortescue-Aland Fortescue's Abs. & Li... Oxford English Dictionary
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