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

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..

Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..

Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.

Exonerative :: Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.

Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden; to discharge.

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.

Fraught :: Fraught (n.) To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd.

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.

Refrain :: Refrain (v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden..

Disburthen :: Disburthen (v. t.) To disburden; to relieve of a load.

Free :: Free (superl.) Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of..

Sumpter :: Sumpter (n.) A pack; a burden.

Porterage :: Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.

Care :: Care (n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

Relief :: Relief (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress..

Burdened :: Burdened (imp. & p. p.) of Burde.

Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).

Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

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