English
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)ð�n|-��(r)ð�n
Noun
burthen
#nautical obsolete the tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that she could carry in her holds.
#obsolete an archaic variant of burden.
Quotations
;tonnage
1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
;burden
1798, w:William Wordsworth|William Wordsworth, s:Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey|Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, lines 36-43 (for syntax)
1817: w:Jane Austen|Jane Austen, ''w:Persuasion (novel)|Persuasion
:It was with a daughter of Mr Shepherd, who had returned, after an unprosperous marriage, to her father's house, with the additional burthen of two children.
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