Definition of Burtons

1. burton [n] - See also: burton

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burtons

bursts
bursts out
burstwort
burstworts
bursty
bursula
bursæ
burt
burthen
burthened
burthening
burthens
burthensome
burtite
burtons (current term)
burundi
burunduki
burweed
burweed marsh elder
burweeds
bury one's head in the sand
bury the hatchet
bury the lead
bury the lede
buryal
buryals
buryatite

Literary usage of Burtons

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1866)
"... AND THE burtons,” ETC. CHAPTER X. IN WHICH JAMES BEGINS HIS CAREER. ALGERNON'S children had departed for London. Captain Tom, having had the confessed ..."

2. The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life by Isabel Burton, William Henry Wilkins (1897)
"... XXV GORDON AND THE burtons Oh I bring us back once more The vanished days of yore, When the world with faith was filled; Bring back the fervid zeal, ..."

3. Antiquities of Shropshire by Robert William Eyton (1859)
"That the burtons were seated here long before any extant account1 of that family would lead us to suppose, I know from the best authority; but I presume ..."

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