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What is a burton?

What is a burton? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (archaic) An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
  2. (archaic) Storage of cargo athwartships.
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The Burr and Burton Academy band, crisp in summer whites accented with mountain green, contributes brass, drums, and horns.
Cardiff's unbeaten start was not the only record to go for a burton.
Mr Watkinson, from Constable Burton, near Leyburn, won best male with his aged ram.
Roberts and another member voted for the recount, but the panel's chairman Charles Burton dissented.
This weekend's long run has gone for a burton courtesy of a trip to the Azores tomorrow.
Noel Coward called such luminaries as Dietrich, Garland, Burton, Taylor, Sinatra, the Oliviers, and the queen mother his friends.

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