Burthen is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BURTHEN in dictionary:

VERB:
• to burden
• See Burden.
• weight down with a load
NOUN:
• a variant of `burden\'
• a burden, a responsibility that carries difficult circumstances, hardship.
• a burden, a heavy load.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• archaic word forburden

Words related to BURTHEN

burden9 burthened15 burthening16 burthens13 burthensome18

How to use BURTHEN in a sentence

• Aaron and his sons shall go in and put them, every man unto his service and unto his burthen.
• Remember that thou art not the leader of a party of carriers with their beasts of burthen, but that there are those with us, who are unused to exposure, and are feeble of body.
• If they should make a mistake, someone else should bear the burthen of it.
• See, O Vasava, sore inflicted with the whip, and harassed exceedingly, he is unable to bear his burthen.
• Falkland was again in the street with his lovely, half-naked burthen in his arms.
• These animals are common in South America, particularly in the mountainous parts of Peru, where they are employed as beasts of burthen.
• The animal jumps and capers about, making every effort to rid himself of his burthen, to the no small amusement of the spectators.
• Every branch of the theatrical trade had been sacrificed to the necessary fitting out those tall ships of burthen that were to bring home the Indies.
• In a moment, the burthen it was intended to transfer to the ship was seen swinging in the air, midway between the water and the spar.
• And the water here makes a good port for small ships, though it be at the influx, but not for ships of burthen.
• Probably, they varied very considerably in their size and burthen, including huge and heavy merchantmen on the one hand, and a much lighter and smaller craft on the other.
• By these means the actual burthen of taxation upon the subject was rendered to some extent uncertain and indefinite, and the benefits of the fixed tribute system were diminished.
• Grateful too, with reason, I have been and am to my own family for not letting me see that I was a burthen.
• I am only sorry that whatever be the burthen, I can take no part of it, for you, on my own shoulders.
• There is a mental state in which men have felt the burthen of sins which they did not commit.
• The late contractor will no doubt relieve himself from the burthen of this balance in the usual way.
• For this fishery they make use of large decked-vessels, from twenty to fifty tons burthen, manned with from twelve to twenty men.
• But bicause that seemed an ouer greeuous burthen vnto them, they fined with him, as after shall appeare.
• The present principle is the most just, to regulate by the burthen.
• This is the burthen of my life, a very grievous one indeed, and one which I must get rid of.
• The heavy boat, intended to be rowed by six men, had the added burthen of four canoes.
• Yet Fortune was bending over him, just ready to let fall a burthen of gold.
• The next point was, therefore, how to make good this loss without imposing an equal burthen on the people.
• How I reached my hotel with my precious burthen in safety is a perfect mystery.
• The plans and aspirations of Henrietta had relieved Ferdinand from a depressing burthen.
• Germain-en-Laye behind, and tracking the windings of the Seine, now too shallow to admit of the navigation of boats of any burthen.
• Many a beauteous flower doth spring From the tears that flood my eyes, And the nightingale doth sing In the burthen of my sighs.
• About seven years afterwards, an inhabitant of the same city, passing by the mountain, met a man, who complained bitterly of the burthen he was constantly forced to bear.
• And by the by, they have caught me, and eventually, unless Apes will stop proceedings, I must bear all the burthen.
• So again the poor maiden had to hold her peace under an added burthen of anxiety and many a prayer.
• And Anne felt as if half her burthen of secrecy was gone when they all parted, starting early because the Black Gang rendered all the roads unsafe after dark.
• She has treated us as beasts of burthen, whom the lordly masters cherish that they may carry a greater load.

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