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burn2 n OED ~ sb2 obs exc dial 'contracted form
of burden' EDD sb2 'burden ... esp a load of sticks.' See also
BACK1: BACK-BURN. Phr burn of wood, ~ of boughs, etc: the amount
carried on one's shoulders.
[cl894] PANL P4/14, p. 2 Who, outside
of Newfoundland, would know the meaning of a 'turn,' a 'burn,' a 'breastner' of wood. P
48-60 [He went for] a burn of boughs. Q 67-5 One goes into the woods for a burn of wood.
Q 71-15 A bum was a back-load of wood, usually young birch or alders. This was tied up
with a bowline, and carried on one shoulder supported by a bearing stick.
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