burton

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, A An) for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.
  2. Noun.  (archaic) An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
  3. Noun.  (archaic) Storage of cargo athwartships.

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