'Faburden' definitions:
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Faburden \Fab"ur*den\ (f[a^]b"[u^]r*den), n. [F. faux bourdon.
See False, and Burden a verse.]
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1. (Mus.)
(a) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
(b) A succession of chords of the sixth. [Obs.]
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2. A monotonous refrain. [Obs.] --Holland.
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