burthen(n = noun.artifact) - a variant of `burden';
is a kind of burden, load, loading
Derived form verb burthen₁

   burthen(v = verb.contact) burden, weight, weight down - weight down with a load;
is one way to charge
Derived form noun burthen₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something with something

   See Burden. [1913 Webster]

burthen, archaic var. of BURDEN n. 4.

N  gravity, gravitation, weight, heaviness, specific gravity, pondorosity, pressure, load, burden, burthen, ballast, counterpoise, lump of, mass of, weight of, lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion, weighing, ponderation, trutination, weights, avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight, grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod, gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram, nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram, balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge, spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance, postal scale, baby scale, statics, weighty, weighing, heavy as lead, ponderous, ponderable, lumpish, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensome, cumbrous, unwieldy, massive, incumbent, superincumbent.