What does "overburden" mean?
Overburden: To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.
Additional senses
- 2.The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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