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Bootlessly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Without use or profit.

Bootlessly [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The operation of cleansing a ship's bottom, near the surface of the water, by scraping off the grass, slime, shells, etc. and daubing it with a mixture of tallow, sulphur and rosin.

2. 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.