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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Pile :: Pile (v. t.) To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
Loader :: Loader (n.) One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun..
Lodesman :: Lodesman (n.) Same as Loadsman.
Keel :: Keel (n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..
Uncart :: Uncart (v. t.) To take from, or set free from, a cart; to unload..
Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice..
Swealed :: Swaying (n.) An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.
Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..
Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended..
Wagonload :: Wagonload (n.) Same as Wagonful.
Unburthen :: Unburthen (v. t.) To unburden; to unload.
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
Acorned :: Acorned (a.) Furnished or loaded with acorns.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads..
Proof :: Proof (a.) Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge..
Plimsoll''s Mark :: Plimsoll's mark () A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured..
Cargo :: Cargo (n.) The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight..
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