faburden
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Is faburden a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (music) A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass.
2. (music) A succession of chords of the sixth.
3. (obsolete) A refrain.Examples: "[B]ecause he obseru'd Ergo was the deadly clap of the piece, […] hee accustomed to make it the Faburden to anie thing hee spake; As if anie of his companions complained hee was hungrie, hee would straight conclude Ergo you must goe to dinner; or if the clocke had stroke or bell towld, Ergo you must goe to such a Lecture; […]"; "They haue all of them one and the same manner of tune in their singing; and commonly they make three rests in their song, besides the fa-burden in the end, which is a kind of grone."; "But yet; like, finding his like: it expelleth that like: say you still: and this is the faburden of your song."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary