burdens

Noun

burden (plural burdens)

1. A heavy load.
   • I know that this was Life,—the track
     ⁠Whereon with equal feet we fared;
     ⁠And then, as now, the day prepared
     The daily burden for the back.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 42
2. A responsibility, onus.
3. A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
   • Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered
4. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
   • a ship of a hundred tons burden
5. The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
6. The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.

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