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Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame..

Warrandice :: Warrandice (n.) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty..

Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).

Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.

Fading :: Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song..

Burden :: Burden (n.) A club.

Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service..

Strain :: Strain (n.) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career..

Dray :: Dray (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.

Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) One who sustains a great burden.

Burden :: Burden (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden..

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty..

Equalize :: Equalize (v. t.) To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes..

Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b)..

Overburdensome :: Overburdensome (a.) Too burdensome.

Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A succession of chords of the sixth.

Tyrant :: Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor..

Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.

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