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Overburden

To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.

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Burden 76% connected

That which is borne or carried; a load.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Burthen 76% connected

See Burden.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Load 76% connected

A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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Loading 76% connected

of Load

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Saddle 76% connected

A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, a…

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Soil 76% connected

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence…

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Weight 76% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overload 74% connected

To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Overload 74% connected

To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Surcharge 74% connected

To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

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Surcharge 74% connected

To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Overload 92% connected

To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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