Definition of balance

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

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Balance :: Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail..
Counterweigh :: Counterweigh (v. t.) To weigh against; to counterbalance.
Auncel :: Auncel (n.) A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England..
Collet :: Collet (n.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill..
Reckon :: Reckon (v. i.) To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.
Balancereef :: Balancereef (n.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship..
Counterscale :: Counterscale (n.) Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..
Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..
Balance :: Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing.
Rest :: Rest (n.) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
Overbalance :: Overbalance (v. t.) To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners..
Square :: Square (a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold..
Cock :: Cock (n.) The indicator of a balance.
Poise :: Poise (v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt..
Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. i.) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
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