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The act of putting on a load.
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A cargo; a burden; lading; also, anything that makes part of a load.
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Anything that is added to a substance or material in order to give it weight or body: as, the China clay or pearl-white used for loading note-paper.
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In art, a heavy charge of opaque color. See load, transitive verb, 7.
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In insurance, that part of the charge or premium on a policy which constitutes its share of the expenses of management.
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The process of filling silk with metallic compounds, for which it has a great attraction when in solution, in order to increase its weight.
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In electricity, a method invented by M. J. Pupin, of reducing the attenuation of telephonic currents in underground cables and long-distance lines (and therefore improving the operation). It consists in inserting into the telephone-line at certain definite intervals self-induction coils, which neutralize the deleterious effect of the electrostatic capacity of the line.
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The exorbitant profit exacted from workmen under the truck system (which see, under truck).
Made so as to be loaded (in the way specified): as, a breech-loading or a muzzle-loading gun.