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Librate :: Librate (v. i.) To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised..

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..

Halteres :: Halteres (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.

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.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate..

Equal :: Equal (a.) Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.

Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..

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

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

Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..

Verge :: Verge (n.) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement..

Plyer :: Plyer (n.) A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.

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

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

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..

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)..

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..

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

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

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

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