†(a) Trouble, distress. Obsolete. †(b) Perplexity, confusion. Obsolete. (c) Hindrance, embarrassment, entanglement.

An encumbrance, burden, or impediment; molestation, injury.

The action of encumbering; the state or fact of being encumbered.

The action of hindering, encumbering, or burdening, or state of being hindered, etc.; hindrance, burden, encumbrance.

Obstruction, encumbrance; overcrowding.

The action or an instance of pestering.

The action or quality of encumbering, or fact of being encumbered; hindrance, embarrassment, obstruction, encumbrance; cumbrousness.

The fact or condition of being hindered; encumbrance; difficulty, trouble. Now rare.