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burton Nautical a kind of light hoisting tackle Burton 1. Sir Richard Francis. 1821--90, English explorer, Orientalist, and writer who discovered Lake Tanganyika with John Speke (1858); produced the first unabridged translation of The Thousand Nights and a Night (1885--88) 2. Richard, real name Richard Jenkins. 1925--84, Welsh stage and film actor: films include Becket (1964), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), and Equus (1977) 3. Robert, pen name Democritus Junior. 1577--1640, English clergyman, scholar, and writer, noted for his Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) 4. Tim. born 1958, US film director whose work includes Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Ed Wood (1994), and Big Fish (2003) burton [′bərt·ən] (mechanical engineering) A small hoisting tackle with two blocks, usually a single block and a double block, with a hook block in the running part of the rope. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| His captor was Burton Duff, the jailer, as white as death and bearing upon his brow the livid mark of the iron bar. Burton struck out, without warning, straight from the shoulder. "No," says the old man, "I reckon there ain't go- ing to be any; and you couldn't go if there was; be- cause the runaway nigger told Burton and me all about that scandalous show, and Burton said he would tell the people; so I reckon they've drove the owdacious loaf- ers out of town before this time. |
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