Definition of burden

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

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Sumpter :: Sumpter (n.) An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse..
Light :: Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
Exoneration :: Exoneration (n.) The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge..
Insupportable :: Insupportable (a.) Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain..
Exonerative :: Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like..
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack or burden.
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Not incumbered; not burdened.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely..
Onerary :: Onerary (a.) Fitted for, or carrying, a burden..
Tax :: Tax (n.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government..
Privilege :: Privilege (n.) A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace..
Burden :: Burden (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load.
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..
Lading :: Lading (n.) That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of..
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