Definition of "burthens" [burthens]

• Plural form of burthen. (noun)

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• "Kick off their burthens, meaning the high classes."
• "You may remember the nice parts: promises of easy yokes, light burthens and peace on earth."
• "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."