To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
To steal.
To adopt.
To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
To earn by bad behavior.
Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
A police officer or prison guard.
A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
A merlon.
To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.