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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Barton

Bär'ton, n.

noun

n. [A.-S. bere-tun, court-yard, grange, from bere, barley, and tun, an inclosure.]

  1. The domain lands of a manor.
  2. The manor itself.
  3. The out-houses and yards of a house. Southey.

Bâr'ton, n.

noun

n. [Cf. O. & Prov. Eng. burt, to press or indent any thing, burthen, to press earnestly.] (Naut.) A small tackle, formed of two or three blocks or pulleys, used to set up or tighten the topmast shrouds, and for various other purposes.