Burthens

Word BURTHENS
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Definitions and meanings of "Burthens"

What do we mean by burthens?

A heavy load.

A responsibility, onus.

A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.

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.

A birth.

The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.

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The word "burthens" in example sentences

Kick off their burthens, meaning the high classes. ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)

You may remember the nice parts: promises of easy yokes, light burthens and peace on earth. ❋ Rodney Punt (2011)

“Know, O Princess, that this is Sayf al-Muluk, whose hand saved me by the ordinance of Allah Almighty and he it is who hath borne all manner burthens on thine account: wherefore I would have thee look upon him with favour.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Now when Kamar al-Zaman, heard these words and understood her verses and their import, he said, “O King, I have not the habit of these doings, nor have I strength to bear these heavy burthens for which elder than I have proved unable; then how will it be with my tender age?” ❋ Unknown (2006)

And anon their Laws that they take out of the press are carried by several men, four or five several burthens in all, and they do relieve one another; and whether it is that every one desires to have the carrying of it, I cannot tell, thus they carried it round about the room while such a service is singing. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Critobulus retorted: I see, Socrates, you are doing your very best to escape an irksome task: you would rather not, if you can help it, stretch out so much as your little finger to help me to bear my necessary burthens more easily. ❋ Unknown (2007)

By Hera, I envy you your wealth, Antisthenes, firstly, because the state does not lay burthens on you and treat you like a slave; and secondly, people do not fall into a rage with you when you refuse to be their creditor. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Must we not bear humiliation, along with the other burthens and griefs, for the sake of our country? ❋ Unknown (2006)

He rose with a lion added to the burthens of his conscience, and held out his hand to assist her. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

They wore white flannel mantillas, topped by a sombrero, and carried enormous weights on their heads, and sang and chattered, not at all distressed by their burthens. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This burthens us with an incurable effect of unreality, and I do not see how it is altogether to be escaped. ❋ Herbert George (2006)

But the porters of Constantinople, who never drink any thing stronger than water, and eat very little animal food, will lift and carry heavier burthens than any other porters in the known world. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The porters and chairmen trot with their burthens. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The duties of the men are to make bowes and arrowes, stirrops, bridles and saddles, to build houses and carts, to keep horses, to milke, mares, to churne Cosmos and mares milke, and to make bags wherein to put it, they keepe camels also and lay burthens vpon them. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Foreigners are treated, learn to diminish the burthens and augment the comforts of your own. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Rome, it is sold in the streets, ready cut in slices; and the porters, sweating under their burthens, buy, and eat them as they pass. ❋ Unknown (2004)

DEAR SIR, — You ask whether I think the French people are more taxed than the English; but I apprehend, the question would be more apropos if you asked whether the French taxes are more insupportable than the English; for, in comparing burthens, we ought always to consider the strength of the shoulders that bear them. ❋ Unknown (2004)

These Dutch vessels, which cost nothing but the caption, were bought cheap, carried great burthens, and the Ipswich building fell off for want of price, and so the trade decayed, and the town with it. ❋ Unknown (2003)

In the condition I have been in, it cannot be strange to you that our unhappy correspondence had not been the least of the burthens which lay upon my conscience. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The ground floor is used for warehouses, the first floor for guests, and the open court for the temporary reception of the camels, as well as for the loading and unloading of their burthens, and the transaction of mercantile business generally. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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