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Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically..

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

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Poise :: Poise (v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt..

Cock :: Cock (n.) The indicator of a balance.

Rest :: Rest (n.) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.

Level :: Level (a.) Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.].

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

Libratory :: Libratory (a.) Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level..

Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another.

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel..

Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.

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

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

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..

Preponderate :: Preponderate (v. t.) To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.

Rest :: Rest (n.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities..

Overbalance :: Overbalance (n.) Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports..

Overpoise :: Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.

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