BOOT'LESSLY, adv. Without use or profit.
BOOT'-TOPPING, n. [boot and top.] The operation of cleansing a ship's bottom, near the surface of the water, by scraping off the grass, slime, shells, _c. and daubing it with a mixture of tallow, sulphur and rosin.
BOOT'-TREE, or BOOT'-LAST, n. 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.
