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buskin
(encz) | buskin,tragédie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Buskin
(gcide) | Buskin \Bus"kin\, n. [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken.
See Brodekin.]
1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some
distance up the leg.
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The hunted red deer's undressed hide
Their hairy buskins well supplied. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very
thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the
stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and
Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as
distinguished from comedy.
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Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here,
No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
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buskin
(wn) | buskin
n 1: a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: buskin,
combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot] |
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buskin
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Buskined
(gcide) | Buskined \Bus"kined\, a.
1. Wearing buskins.
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Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. --Pope.
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2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. "The buskined
stage." --Milton.
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buskin
(wn) | buskin
n 1: a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: buskin,
combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot] |
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