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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Burton'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/burton.html. 1828.
 
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