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Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak.

es a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them.

A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.)

A pilgrim's staff. [Written also burden.] Rom. of R.

See Burden. [Archaic]

To carry, as a burden. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.

A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch…

A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude. Care keeps his wath in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. Shak.

Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.

That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.] David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22. And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. Acts. xxi. 15.

To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child. If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. Locke.

To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.

To impose; to bestow; to rest. The government I cast upon my brother. Shak. Cast thy burden upon the Lord. Ps. iv. 22.

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill. A carte that charged was with hay. Chaucer. The charging of children's memories with rules. Locke.

Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome. That we might not be chargeable to any of you. 2. Thess. iii. 8. For the sculptures, which are elegant, were very chargeable. Evelyn.

Burdensome; troublesome. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Burdensome. [Obs.] I was chargeous to no man. Wyclif, (2 Cor. xi. 9).

To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. The commodities are clogged with impositions. Addison. You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer. Shak.

bar marking the end. At every close she made, the attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song. Dryden.