Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Load
load, n. [OE lád, way, course, journey, conveyance.]
- Burden; [fig.] responsibility; duty.
- Weight of blooms; proliferation of blossoming flowers.
- Cargo; [metonymy] wagon; cart carrying a large amount of coal.
- Heartache; deep grief; heavy sorrow.
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