Atlas
Encyclopedia
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Day in History
BuskinTragedy. The Greek tragic actors used to wear a sandal some two or three inches thick, to elevate their stature. To this sole was attached a very elegant buskin, and the whole was called cothurnus. (See Sock .) Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskined stage. Milton: Il Penseroso, 79, 80. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Buskin from Infoplease:
|
24 X 7Private Tutor
Explore Physics Help , Statistics Problems
|
