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Webster 1913 Edition


Barton

Bar′ton

(bär′tŭn)
,
Noun.
[AS.
beretūn
courtyard, grange;
bere
barley +
tūn
an inclosure.]
1.
The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself.
[Eng.]
Burton.
2.
A farmyard.
[Eng.]
Southey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Barton

B'ARTON

,
Noun.
The demain lands of a manor; the manor itself; and sometimes the out-houses.

Definition 2024


Barton

Barton

See also: barton

English

Proper noun

Barton

  1. Any of many placenames in England
  2. An English habitational surname. from the placenames.
  3. A ghost town and a community in California
  4. A town in Maryland
  5. A town in New York
  6. A community in Nova Scotia
  7. A town, a village and a river in Vermont
  8. A town in Wisconsin
  9. A male given name

Derived terms

barton

barton

See also: Barton

English

Noun

barton (plural bartons)

  1. A farmyard.
    • 1816, John Keats, "For there's Bishop's Teign":
      There's the barton rich / With dyke and ditch / And hedge for the thrush to live in [...].
  2. the lands of a manor reserved for the Lord's use
  3. (archaic) an arrangement of blocks and pulleys; a burton