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

Words that contain BURTHEN

burthens13 burthened15 unburthen14 burthening16 disburthen16 unburthens15 burthensome18 disburthens17 overburthen19 unburthened17 disburthened19 overburthens20 unburthening18 disburthening20 overburthened22 overburthening23

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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