Burden

·noun The drone of a bagpipe.

II. Burden ·noun A Club.

III. Burden ·noun A Birth.

IV. Burden ·noun That which is borne or carried; a load.

V. Burden ·noun The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

VI. Burden ·noun The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.

VII. Burden ·noun A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.

VIII. Burden ·noun That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

IX. Burden ·vt To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).

X. Burden ·noun The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.

XI. Burden ·vt To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to Load.

XII. Burden ·vt To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to Overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.

XIII. Burden ·noun 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.