Balance :: Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing.

Balance :: Balance (n.) Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.

Balance :: Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.

Balance :: Balance (n.) An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account..

Balance :: Balance (n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary)..

Balance :: Balance (n.) The constellation Libra.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September..

Balance :: Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail..

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance..

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back..

Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance..

Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance)..

Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.

Balanceable :: Balanceable (a.) Such as can be balanced.

Balanced :: Balanced (imp. & p. p.) of Balanc.

Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

Balancer :: Balancer (n.) One who balances, or uses a balance..

Balancer :: Balancer (n.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing..

Balancereef :: Balancereef (n.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship..

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