Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.

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Sumpter :: Sumpter (n.) A pack; a burden.
Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble..
Dildo :: Dildo (n.) A burden in popular songs.
Taskmaster :: Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..
Onerous :: Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.
Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.
Overcharge :: Overcharge (n.) An excessive load or burden.
Load :: Load (v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care..
Burdened :: Burdened (imp. & p. p.) of Burde.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer..
Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush..
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..
Incubus :: Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).
Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
Disencumbrance :: Disencumbrance (n.) Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome..
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.
Thrack :: Thrack (v. t.) To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property..
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