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† boot-hale, v. Obs.
[f. boot n.2 booty + hale v. to haul.]
1. intr. To carry off booty or spoil; to practise plundering, marauding or pilfering.
1598[see boot-haling vbl. n.] 1609Heywood Sallust 33 Some made merchandize of fugitives and others went boot-haling into the confederate countries. 1611Cotgr., Butiner, to prey, get bootie..to bootehale it. 1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 150 A people forward to Boot-hale, and consume, but backward to the duties of War. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 182.
2. trans. To spoil; to pillage; to plunder.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 145 Boote-hal'd all the Coast unto Caieta. 1625Lisle Du Bartas 133 No Hircan Tygers flight boot-hailes thy vaulted hills. |