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BURDEN, or BURTHEN

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 809 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BURDEN, or BURTHEN . (I) (A.S. byrthen, from beran, to See also:bear), a load, both literally and figuratively; especially the carrying capacity of a See also:ship; in See also:mining and smelting, the tops or heads of stream-See also:work which See also:lie over the stream of See also:tin, and the See also:pro-portion of ore and See also:flux to See also:fuel in the See also:charge of a blast-See also:furnace. In Scots and See also:English See also:law the See also:term is applied to an encumbrance on real or See also:personal See also:property.

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