SURCH`ARGE, v.t.
1. To overload; to overburden; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
Your head reclin'd,as hiding grief from view,
Droops like a rose surcharg'd with morning dew.
2. In law, to overstock; to put more cattle into a common than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain.
SURCH`ARGE, n. An excessive load or burden; a load greater than can be well borne.
