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   Instep (?), n. [Formerly also instop, instup.]
   
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   1. The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.
   
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   2. The part of a shoe, boot, or stocking covering the instep1.
   
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   3. That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.
   
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   Instop (?), v. t. To stop; to close; to make fast; as, “to instop the seams”. [Obs.]  Dryden.
   
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