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Webster 1913 Edition
Bootikin
Boot′i-kin
,Noun.
[
Boot
+ -kin
.] 1.
A little boot, legging, or gaiter.
2.
A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
H. Walpole.
Definition 2024
bootikin
bootikin
English
Noun
bootikin (plural bootikins)
- (obsolete) A small boot or gaiter.
- (obsolete) The boot (torture device).
- A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
- Horace Walpole
- 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.
- Horace Walpole