Help or deliverance from evil or peril; assistance, relief, remedy, rescue. Often in boot of bale; cf. bale, n.1 6 concrete. A means or agent of…
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > boot (6) boota1522 Help or deliverance from evil or peril; assistance, relief, remedy, rescue. Often in boot of bale; cf. bale, n.1 6 concrete. A means or agent of… boot1580 An instrument of torture formerly used in Scotland to extort confessions from prisoners. Scotch boot1604 an instrument of torture formerly used in Scotland, consisting of a tight-fitting iron case in which a person's leg is enclosed, iron wedges being… oiled boota1640 an instrument of torture; = boot, n.3 3. bootikin1727 An instrument of torture; = boot, n.3 3. scarpine1855 Historical. An instrument of torture for the feet. (Cf. boot, n.3 3.) |
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