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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Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A monotonous refrain.
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) One who sustains a great burden.
Loose :: Loose (a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit..
Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Not incumbered; not burdened.
Porterage :: Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.
Chargeable :: Chargeable (a.) Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.
Encumbrance :: Encumbrance (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance..
Shoulder :: Shoulder (v. t.) To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..
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..
Fading :: Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song..
Disencumber :: Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden..
Taskmaster :: Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.
Sumption :: Sumpter (a.) Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule..
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack 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..
Ton :: Ton (n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden..
Burden :: Burden (n.) A birth.
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business..
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