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・ bushwhacker
・ bushwhacking
・ bushy
・ busily
・ business
・ businesslike
・ busk
・ busked
・ busket
buskin
・ buskined
・ busky
・ buss
・ bust
・ bustard
・ buster
・ bustle
・ bustler
・ bustling


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buskin : 英英辞書
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.



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