Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds..

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Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.
Subvention :: Subvention (n.) The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help..
Oppressor :: Oppressor (n.) One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Porter :: Porter (n.) A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A succession of chords of the sixth.
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To cover the back of; to load or burden.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame..
Onerous :: Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.
Thrack :: Thrack (v. t.) To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property..
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;
Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To relieve from a burden.
Dildo :: Dildo (n.) A burden in popular songs.
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..
Warrandice :: Warrandice (n.) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty..
Laden :: Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart..
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..
Levigate :: Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
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