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Bur"den (b&û;"d'n), n. [Written also burthen.] [OE. burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byrðen; akin to Icel. byrði, Dan. byrde, Sw. b&ö;rda, G. b&ü;rde, OHG. burdi, Goth. baúrþei, fr. the root of E. bear, AS. beran, Goth. bairan. √92. See 1st Bear.] 1. That which is borne or carried; a load.
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Plants with goodly burden bowing.
Shak.
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2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
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Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone,
To all my friends a burden grown.
Swift.
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3. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
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4. (Mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
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5. (Metal.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace. Raymond.
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6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
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7. A birth. [Obs. & R.] Shak.
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Beast of burden, an animal employed in carrying burdens. -- Burden of proof [L. onus probandi] (Law), the duty of proving a particular position in a court of law, a failure in the performance of which duty calls for judgment against the party on whom the duty is imposed.
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Syn. -- Burden, Load. A burden is, in the literal sense, a weight to be borne; a load is something laid upon us to be carried. Hence, when used figuratively, there is usually a difference between the two words. Our burdens may be of such a nature that we feel bound to bear them cheerfully or without complaint. They may arise from the nature of our situation; they may be allotments of Providence; they may be the consequences of our errors. What is upon us, as a load, we commonly carry with greater reluctance or sense of oppression. Men often find the charge of their own families to be a burden; but if to this be added a load of care for others, the pressure is usually serve and irksome.
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Bur"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burdened (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Burdening (&unr_;).] 1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
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I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened.
2 Cor. viii. 13.
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2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
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My burdened heart would break.
Shak.
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3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.]
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It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
Coleridge.
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Syn. -- To load; encumber; overload; oppress.
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Bur"den (b&û;r"d'n), n. [OE. burdoun the bass in music, F. bourdon; cf. LL. burdo drone, a long organ pipe, a staff, a mule. Prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Bourdon.] 1. 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.
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I would sing my song without a burden.
Shak.
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2. The drone of a bagpipe. Ruddiman.
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Bur"den, n. [See Burdon.] A club. [Obs.] Spenser.
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