Burton
['bɜːt(ə)n] or ['bɝtn]
Definition
(noun.) a strong dark English ale.
(noun.) Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984).
(noun.) English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890).
Inputed by Doris--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.
Editor: Lorna
Definition
n. a tackle variously used.
Typist: Rosa
Examples
- Burton's Historical Collections_; they were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 volumes in all. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I have admired to see that in the last century a folio, _Burton on Melancholy_, went through six editions in about forty years. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I was bred in the convent of St Withold of Burton, answered Cedric. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- That St Withold's of Burton is an owlet's nest worth the harrying. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typed by Lloyd