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Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance..

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..

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

Balance :: Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope..

Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (v. t.) To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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

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)..

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance..

Overweigh :: Overweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.

Clearing :: Clearing (n.) The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.

Square :: Square (n.) To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts..

Balance :: Balance (n.) The constellation Libra.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight..

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back..

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..

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

Balanceable :: Balanceable (a.) Such as can be balanced.

Sag :: Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced..

Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces..

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

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