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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...
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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...
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