Vocabulary : Burdelais to Bureau
Burdelais : A sort of grape.Burden : That which is borne or carried; a load. ;; That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive. ;; The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden. ;; 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 blast furnace. ;; A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds. ;; A birth. ;; To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load. ;; To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes. ;; To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable). ;; 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. ;; The drone of a bagpipe. ;; A club.
Burdened : of Burden
Burdener : One who loads; an oppressor.
Burdening : of Burden
