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Definition of buskins:

(n) : (by extension) Tragic drama; tragedy.
(n) : (historical) A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.
(n) : (chiefly historical) A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
(n) : (Catholicism) A pontifical vestment in the form of a silk stocking, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold thread, reaching to the base of the knee and worn over one’s regular socks but under episcopal sandals.
(n) : An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.

Definition of buskins:

(n) : (by extension) Tragic drama; tragedy.
(n) : (historical) A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.
(n) : (chiefly historical) A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
(n) : (Catholicism) A pontifical vestment in the form of a silk stocking, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold thread, reaching to the base of the knee and worn over one’s regular socks but under episcopal sandals.
(n) : An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.

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