See Also: bootless(1)(dictionary)
bootless(2)(dictionary)
BOTELESS, or bootless(law)

flixweed (iou) and bootless(1) (iou)


flixweed (iou)



flixweed noun. L16.
[from flix var. of FLUX noun + WEED noun1: the plant was a supposed remedy for dysentery.]
A Eurasian cruciferous plant, Descurainia sophia, with small yellow flowers and finely-divided leaves.

bootless(1) (iou)



bootless adjective1 & adverb. OE.
[from BOOT noun1 + -LESS.]
A. adjective.
Of an injury: unable to be compensated by payment etc. Long obsolete exc. Hist. OE.
Incurable, remediless. ME-M17.
Unavailing, to no purpose. LME.
b. adverb. Bootlessly. Chiefly poet. LME.
bootlessly adverb unavailingly, unsuccessfully E17.