burden

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A heavy load.
(RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam)
(RQ:Falkner Moonfleet)
A responsibility, onus.
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
c. 1710-1730, (w), ''s:The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 18/The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered|The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered''

Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.

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(quote-journal) The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail of traders; and there are generally a considerable number of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive their cargoes."
The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a furnace.(R:Raymond Glossar)
A fixed quantity of certain commodities.

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A birth.
The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
The distance between rows of blastholes parallel to the major free face (i.e. face of the excavation)
To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2)
(RQ:Jack Straw)Burdens my heart, and interrupts my ſleepe, (..)
(RQ:KJV)
To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
(senseid) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a song or ballad.
(RQ:Shakespeare Tempest)
{{quote-text|en|year=1846|author=Edgar Allan Poe|title=s:The Philosophy of Composition
The drone of a bagpipe.
(quote-book)
Theme, core idea.
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