Definition of load

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Load (v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters..

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Overfreight :: Overfreight (v. t.) To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload..
Highmen :: Highmen (n. pl.) Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.
Overload :: Overload (n.) An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.
Batman :: Batman (n.) A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.
Surfeit :: Surfeit (v. i.) To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess..
Last :: Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers;
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight..
Deplete :: Deplete (a.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine..
Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
Muzzle-loader :: Muzzle-loader (n.) A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech..
Conducive :: Conducive (a.) Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.
Wheel :: Wheel (v. t.) To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood..
Load :: Load (v.) The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading..
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc..
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To cover the back of; to load or burden.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.
Wagonload :: Wagonload (n.) Same as Wagonful.
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