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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Burden of a Song The words repeated in each verse, the chorus or refrain. It is the French bourdon, the big drone of a bagpipe, or double-diapason of an organ, used in fortë parts and choruses. Burden of Isaiah. The "measure" of a prophecy announcing a calamity, or a denunciation of hardships on those against whom the burden is uttered. (Isa. xiii. 1, etc.) The burden of proof. The obligation to prove something. "The burden of proof is on the party holding the affirmative" [because no one can prove a negative, except by reductio ad absurdum ].- Greenleaf: On Evidence (vol. i. part 2, chap. iii. p. 105). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Repetition | Chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello, burden of a song, refrain; rehearsal; rechauffe, rifacimento, recapitulation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BURDEN OF A SONG |
| English words defined with "BURDEN OF A SONG": Undersong. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-f-g-n-n-o-o-r-s-u" | |
-4 letters: androgens, bourgeons, burnoosed, dangerous, goosander, noseguard. | |
-5 letters: androgen, bandores, baronnes, baudrons, begroans, bondages, bounders, bourdons, bourgeon, bradoons, broadens, burgeons, burnoose, dogbanes, dragoons, dungeons, dunnages, fenurons, fogbound, forbodes, founders, fourgons, frondose, furanose, gadroons, grandson, guerdons, nonsugar, noseband, oreganos, organons, osnaburg, rebounds, refounds, subgrade, suborned, unforged, unreason, unroofed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 52 44 45 4E 4F 46 41 53 4F 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01010010 01000100 01000101 01001110 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000001 00100000 01010011 01001111 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U R D E N   O F   A   S O N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0052 0044 0045 004E 004F 0046 0041 0053 004F 004E 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36555238394824940235253494841 |
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