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Settle :: Settle (n.) To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account..

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

Balancer :: Balancer (n.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing..

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.

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.

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling..

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

Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance..

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

Balance :: Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S..

Equibalanced :: Equibalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Equibalanc.

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c) A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a locomotive..

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

Equilibrist :: Equilibrist (n.) One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.

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