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To load; to burden. [Obs.] Becon.

The act of loading. [Obs.]

Burdensome; oppressive. "Too onerous a solicitude." I. Taylor. Onerous cause (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration; -- opposed to gratuitous.

In an onerous manner.

One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton.

One who opines. Jer. Taylor.

To pledge; to pawn. [Obs.] Bacon.

One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes. Selden.

One who ordains.

To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver. Chesterfield.

An offshoot; a branch. [R.] "Some outrunner of the river." Lauson.

In an excessive manner; excessively. [Obs.] Wiclif.

One that overruns. Lovelace.

One who overturns. South.

One who overweens. [R.] The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. Locke.

One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.

Without an owner.

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery. [R.] Lamb.

A conductor of lightning; a lightning rod.