Verb
To charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight
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[…] so, this Distemper of theirs was a Provocation to the Lord to vomit them up: as a man that hath taken something, that loadens his stomach, is sick, until he vomit; […]
[…] so the wrong imployment of them, loadens him with more real Misery, than any other Creature: […]
[…] "who, just as he loadens all others with his favors, so also loadens you," […]
To load a gun or pistol
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The drover dodged hastily, seeking the protection of the big egg-stove. "Hold on there!" he shouted. "Meb-be it's loadened."