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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Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law..
Deonerate :: Deonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden.
Cart :: Cart (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
Chargeable :: Chargeable (a.) Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.
Careworn :: Careworn (a.) Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face..
Labor :: Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of..
Encumbrance :: Encumbrance (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance..
Burdener :: Burdener (n.) One who loads; an oppressor.
Burdening :: Burdening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burde.
Overcharge :: Overcharge (v. t.) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
Insupportable :: Insupportable (a.) Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..
Llama :: Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes..
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..
Light :: Light (superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light..
Dildo :: Dildo (n.) A burden in popular songs.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace..
Disencumber :: Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden..
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