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   Load (lōd), n. [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, v., Lode.]
   1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, “a heavy load”.
   
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   To town with his ass carry. Gower.
   
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   2. 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.
   
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   3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, “a load of care”. “ A . . . load of guilt.” Ray. “ Our life's a load.”  Dryden.
   
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   4. 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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   5. The charge of a firearm; as, “a load of powder”.
   
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   6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.]  Milton.
   
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   7. (Mach.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
   
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   8. The amount of work that a person, group, or machine is assigned to perform; as, “the boss distributed the load evenly among his employees”.
   
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   9. (Elec.) The device or devices that consume power from a power supply.
   
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   10. (Engineering) The weight or force that a structural support bears or is designed to bear; the object that creates that force.
   
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   Load line, or Load water line (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.
   
   Syn. -- Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See Burden.
   
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   Load, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]
   1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.
   
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   I strive all in vain to load the cart. Gascoigne.
   
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   I have loaden me with many spoils. Shak.
   
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   Those honors deep and broad, wherewith
   
   Your majesty loads our house. Shak.
   
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   2. To adulterate or drug; as, “to load wine”. [Cant]
   
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   3. To magnetize. [Obs.]  Prior.
   
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   Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.
   
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