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Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied..

Payse :: Payse (v. t.) To poise.

Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. i.) To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down..

Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..

Poise :: Poise (n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

Pellack :: Pellack (n.) A porpoise.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance..

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

Poiser :: Poiser (n.) The balancer of dipterous insects.

Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals..

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Counter Weight :: Counter weight (n.) A counterpoise.

Phocenic :: Phocenic (a.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.

Outpoise :: Outpoise (v. t.) To outweigh.

Peise :: Peise (n.) A weight; a poise.

Underpoise :: Underpoise (v. t.) To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue..

Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body..

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

Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Counterpoise.

Antilibration :: Antilibration (n.) A balancing; equipoise.

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