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单词 unbuskin
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unbuskinv.

Forms: see un- prefix2 and buskin n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: un- prefix2, buskin n.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + buskin n. Compare later buskin v.
Obsolete.
transitive. To remove a buskin or buskins from (a person). Also intransitive: to remove a buskin or buskins.In quot. 1828 in figurative context, with the sense ‘to deprive of the manner or style considered typical of tragedy’; cf. buskin n. 2b.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desbrodequiner, to vnbuskin; to plucke, or draw, off buskins.
1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici 180 Those that a stage assignes a Scepter or stately Robes unto, with the spectators they likewise go out, are unbuskin'd, and return to their old stature.
1828 M. Berry Compar. View Social Life Eng. & France iv. 198 Some subsequent attempts to unbuskin tragedy, and to strip her entirely of the ‘gorgeous pall’, which the pure taste of Milton..required for her attire, have been completely unsuccessful.
a1900 R. Hovey To End of Trail (1908) 58 Bid unbuskin lest my footprints wound Holy ground.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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