Burton

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Burton can mean:

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  • Baron Burton is a peerage title created in 1886 and 1887 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Places

in Australia

In Canada

In England

In Wales

In the United States

Other uses

  • burton is a small tackle formed by two blocks or pulleys, used to set up or tighten the topmost shrouds on a sailing ship's rigging -- also called a top-burton-tackle.
  • Burton is the name of a snow sportswear manufacturer.
  • Burton is also the name of a menswear retailer in the UK (part of the Arcadia Group).
  • The Burton process is a thermal cracking process invented by William M. Burton still in use today to produce Diesel
  • The Burton is a Dutch sports car.
  • The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (better known as the Helms-Burton Act) is a U.S. law which strengthens and continues the embargo against Cuba.

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