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Balance :: Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them..

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

Equivalence :: Equivalence (v. t.) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

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

Trim :: Trim (v. i.) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each..

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..

Sway :: Sway (n.) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

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

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..

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..

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..

Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..

Compensate :: Compensate (v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.

Auncel :: Auncel (n.) A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England..

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..

Librate :: Librate (v. t.) To poise; to balance.

Arrear :: Arrear (n.) That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes..

Balanced :: Balanced (imp. & p. p.) of Balanc.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.

Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.

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