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CIDE DICTIONARY

boottree

CIDE DICTIONARY

boottreen. [Boot + tree wood, timber.].
     An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven.  [1913 Webster]
    "The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees."  [1913 Webster]

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