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(<i>n.</i>) That which is borne or carried; a load.<p>2. (<i>n.</i>) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.<p>3. (<i>n.</i>) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.<p>4. (<i>n.</i>) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.<p>5. (<i>n.</i>) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.<p>6. (<i>n.</i>) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.<p>7. (<i>n.</i>) A birth.<p>8. (<i>v. t.</i>) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.<p>9. (<i>v. t.</i>) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.<p>10. (<i>v. t.</i>) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).<p>11. (<i>n.</i>) 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.<p>12. (<i>n.</i>) The drone of a bagpipe.<p>13. 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