bot Definition

bot¹
bott
noun

1. The maggot of a botfly, which lives as a parasite under the skin of the horse, sheep and other animals.
2. The diseased condition in horses and sheep, etc caused by this.

Etymology: 15c.

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bot² (colloq)
noun

1. A cadger; a person who habitually sponges off others.

verb

tr & intr
botted, botting
1. To cadge.

Idiom: on the bot

Cadging; on the scrounge.

Etymology: 1930s from bot¹, the parasite.