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

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..

Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

Lift :: Lift (n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Even :: Even (a.) Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain..

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

Cock :: Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.

Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.

Unequal :: Unequal (a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair..

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

Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer..

Countervail :: Countervail (v. t.) To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate..

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

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

Launce :: Launce (n.) A balance.

Outbalance :: Outbalance (v. t.) To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.

Even :: Even (v. t.) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.

Poise :: Poise (v.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

Auncel :: Auncel (n.) A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England..

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