Obs. or dial. [prob. a dial. form of bouts, bolts, applied to the same plant.] A local English name of Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) or Meadow Bouts.
1597. Gerard, Herbal, cclxxx. § 3. 671. Marsh Marigoldes, in Cheshire and those parts it is called Bootes.
1721. Bailey, Boots, the Plant Marshmallows [An error].
