Thesaurus: bote

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1. n. Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain.
2. n. Payment of any kind.
3. n. A privilege or allowance of necessaries.
4. (a) word/compensation">Compensation; word/amends">amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain. (b) Payment of any kind. Bouvier. (c) A privilege or allowance of necessaries. Note: This word is still used in composition as equivalent to the French estovers, supplies, necessaries; as, housebote, a sufficiency of wood to repair a house, or for fuel, sometimes called firebote; so plowbote, cartbote, wood for making or repairing instruments of husbandry; haybote or hedgebote, wood for hedges, fences, etc. These were privileges enjoyed by tenants under the feudal system. Burrill. Bouvier. Blackstone.
5. n. Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain. n. Payment of any kind. n. A privilege or allowance of necessaries.