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   Load , n. [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, v., Lode.]
   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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   He might such a load
   To town with his ass carry.
   Gower.
   
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   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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   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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   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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   The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
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   Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.]
   Milton.
   
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   (Mach.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
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   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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   (Elec.) The device or devices that consume power from a power supply.
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   (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 Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]
    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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   To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant]
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   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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