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See also:BUSKIN (a word of uncertain origin, existing in many See also:European See also:languages, as Fr. brousequin, Ital. borzacchino, Dutch brozeken, and Span. borcegu£) , a See also:half-See also:boot or high See also:shoe strapped under the See also:ankle, and protecting the shins; especially the thick-soled boot or cothurnus in the See also:ancient Athenian tragedy, used to increase the stature of the actors, as opposed to the soccus, " sock," the See also:light shoe of See also:comedy . The See also:term is thus often used figuratively of a tragic See also:style . |
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