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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. --Sir W. Scott. 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. Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: buskin n : a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: {chukka boot}, {combat boot}, {desert boot}, {half boot}, {top boot}]
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