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Webster 1913 Edition

Overburden

Oˊver-bur′den

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Verb.

T.

To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.

Sir P. Sidney.

O′ver-burˊden

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Noun.

The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

Raymond.

Webster 1828 Edition

Overburden

OVERBUR'DEN

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Verb.

T.

To load with too great weight.