Definition of Boty
Boo"ty (&?;), n. [Cf. Icel. b&?;ti
exchange, barter, Sw. byte barter, booty, Dan. bytte; akin to
D. buit booty, G. beute, and fr. Icel. byta, Sw.
byta, Dan. bytte, to distribute, exchange. The Scandinavian
word was influenced in English by boot profit.] That which is
seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil
taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton.
To play booty, to play dishonestly, with an intent
to lose; to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in order to
induce him to continue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.]
L'Estrange.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
BOOTY. To play booty; cheating play, where the player
purposely avoids winning.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- (nautical) a form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once
- (nautical) plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy
- (slang) the buttocks
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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