Definition of load

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Load (v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters..

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Fraughtage :: Fraughtage (n.) Freight; loading; cargo.
Keel :: Keel (n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt..
Loading :: Loading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loa.
Surfeit :: Surfeit (v. i.) To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess..
Weighbridge :: Weighbridge (n.) A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
Unburthen :: Unburthen (v. t.) To unburden; to unload.
Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..
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..
Draught :: Draught (a.) Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks..
Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.
Breechloader :: Breechloader (n.) A firearm which receives its load at the breech.
Swealed :: Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.
Batman :: Batman (n.) A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.
Cheer :: Cheer (n.) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer..
Telpherage :: Telpherage (n.) The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.
Ponderous :: Ponderous (a.) Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant..
Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload..
Chamber :: Chamber (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns..
Cargo :: Cargo (n.) The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight..
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