Boor"ish, a. Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. -- Boor"ish*ly, adv. -- Boor"ish*ness, n.
Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion.
Milton.
Boort (&?;), n. See Bort.
Boose (&?;), n. [AS. bs, bsig; akin to Icel. bss, Sw. bås, Dan. baas, stall, G. banse, Goth. bansts barn, Skr. bhsas stall. √252.] A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Boose (&?;), v. i. To drink excessively. See Booze.
Boos"er (&?;), n. A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer.
Boost (bst), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Boosting.] [Cf. Boast, v. i.] To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Boost (bst), n. A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help. [Colloq. U. S.]
Boot (bt), n. [OE. bot, bote, advantage, amends, cure, AS. bt; akin to Icel. bt, Sw. bot, Dan. bod, Goth. bta, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E. better, adj. √255.] 1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
He gaf the sike man his boote.
Chaucer.
Thou art boot for many a bruise
And healest many a wound.
Sir W. Scott.
Next her Son, our soul's best boot.
Wordsworth.
2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.
Shak.