Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

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Overburden :: Overburden (v. t.) To load with too great weight or too much care, etc..
Gestant :: Gestant (a.) Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.
Release :: Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty..
Troublesome :: Troublesome (a.) Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
Levigate :: Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To cover the back of; to load or burden.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel..
Onerary :: Onerary (a.) Fitted for, or carrying, a burden..
Burden :: Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive..
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..
Oppressor :: Oppressor (n.) One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value..
Overburdensome :: Overburdensome (a.) Too burdensome.
Rider :: Rider (n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed..
Sumpter :: Sumpter (n.) A pack; a burden.
Last :: Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers;
Light :: Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
Wase :: Wase (n.) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head..
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