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

Bifilar :: Bifilar (a.) Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance..

Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice..

Countervote :: Countervote (v. t.) To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote.

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..

Weal-balanced :: Weal-balanced (a.) Balanced or considered with reference to public weal.

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

Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy..

Collet :: Collet (n.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill..

Equipondious :: Equipondious (a.) Of equal weight on both sides; balanced.

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

Poise :: Poise (v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.

Reckon :: Reckon (v. i.) To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.

Emblem :: Emblem (n.) A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity..

Fin :: Fin (n.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water..

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

Drosometer :: Drosometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew..

Teeter :: Teeter (v. i. & t.) To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter..

Rider :: Rider (n.) A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard..

Chronometer :: Chronometer (n.) A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc..

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