noun
Meaning 1
A small boot or gaiter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
bootikin
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/ˈbuːtɪkɪn/
noun
Meaning 2
The boot (torture device).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- June 22, 1772, Horace Walpole, letter to the Hon. H. S. Conway I tired myself with walking on Friday; the gout came on Saturday in my foot; yesterday I kept my bed till four o’ clock and my room all day—but with wrapping myself all over with bootikins, I have scarce had any pain.
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Frankish *bautander.? Old French botebor. Middle English bote English boot English -(i)kin English bootikin From boot + -(i)kin.