overburden
overburden is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
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- 1.To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.
- 2.The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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