Meaning burthen
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burthensee burden.
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burthenBurden.
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burthen(n) a variant of `burden'(v) weight down with a load
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burthenAn older term used to express a ship's carrying capacity. About 40 cubic feet per ton burthen. Also spelled burden.
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(obsolete,nautical) The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
, ''The Husbandsmen'', lines 4, 6-7:
*: Bidding them grope their way out and bestir, [..]
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