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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)..

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

Ketch :: Ketch (n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden..

Light :: Light (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load..

Carriage :: Carriage (n.) That which is carried; burden; baggage.

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..

Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority..

Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden..

Unfraught :: Unfraught (a.) Removed, as a burden; unloaded..

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

Accloy :: Accloy (v. t.) To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy.

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.

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..

Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload..

Release :: Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty..

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him..

Midst :: Midst (n.) Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs..

Burden :: Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive..

Burdened :: Burdened (imp. & p. p.) of Burde.

Laden :: Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart..

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