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Balancereef :: Balancereef (n.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship..

Trebucket :: Trebucket (n.) A kind of balance for weighing.

Self-suspended :: Self-suspended (a.) Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced.

Cockhead :: Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced..

Aclinic :: Aclinic (a.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator..

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

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..

Weigh :: Weigh (v. i.) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

Overbalance :: Overbalance (v. t.) To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.

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..

Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice..

Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down..

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

Bolometer :: Bolometer (n.) An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance..

Change :: Change (v. t.) Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due..

Equilibrious :: Equilibrious (a.) Evenly poised; balanced.

Unpoised :: Unpoised (a.) Not poised or balanced.

Bifilar :: Bifilar (a.) Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance..

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..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

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