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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Burden :: Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Onerate :: Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.
Holding :: Holding (n.) The burden or chorus of a song.
Cadge :: Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden..
Troublesome :: Troublesome (a.) Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
Chargeant :: Chargeant (a.) Burdensome; troublesome.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace..
Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning..
Carriage :: Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage..
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack or burden.
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Porterage :: Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
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..
Saddle :: Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo..
Unfraught :: Unfraught (a.) Removed, as a burden; unloaded..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..
Unlade :: Unlade (v. t.) To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge..
Subvention :: Subvention (n.) The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help..
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