-
maximum beam. It is
expressed in "tons burden" (Early
Modern English:
burthen,
Middle English: byrthen), and
abbreviated "tons bm". The
formula is: Tonnage...
- Look up Burden or
burden in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Burden or
burthen may
refer to:
Burden (surname),
people with the
surname Burden Burden,...
- the text
issued in 1795. An
extended version of "Bear ye one another's
burthens"
first issued in 1797. Only the 14th–16th
editions of this
title were issued...
-
Modest Proposal for
Preventing the
Children of Poor
People from
Being a
Burthen to
Their Parents or Country, and for
Making Them
Beneficial to the Publick...
- 160 tons, 18 guns Serpent, 160 tons
burthen, 18 guns Requin, 260 tons
burthen, 24 guns Indiscret, 260 tons
burthen, 24 guns In the
eighteenth and early...
- 1611, "He has the
prettiest Loue-songs for Maids ... with such
delicate burthens of ****'s and Fadings.": Act IV,
scene iv). The
first reference in the...
-
spring tide 3.5 m (11.5 ft). The
river is
navigable for
vessels of the
burthen of 95
tonnes (i.e., 380
Bombay candies) up to
Bharuch and for
vessels up...
- Navy. Her deck was 31 m (102 ft) long, and the ship
measured 325 tons
burthen. The
vessel was
armed with two
heavy mortars and ten cannon, and was launched...
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until 1960. His own
considerable output, such as the
ballet Donald of the
Burthens (1951), was
influenced by
Scottish themes and folk tunes.
Register of Deaths...
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vessels (bark and
brigantine type),: 20 such
ships may
reach 400–600 tons
burthen, with an
average of 92
lasts (165.6–184
metric tons). In 1856, John Crawfurd...
