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Prop :: Prop (v.) That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building..

Displacement :: Displacement (n.) The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body..

Charge :: Charge (n.) Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre..

Equiponderate :: Equiponderate (v. t.) To make equal in weight; to counterbalance.

Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel.

Derrick :: Derrick (n.) A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building..

Poise :: Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance..

Ponder :: Ponder (v. t.) To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively.

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water..

Decigramme :: Decigramme (n.) A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois..

Trebucket :: Trebucket (n.) A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force..

Fother :: Fother (n.) See Fodder, a unit of weight..

Cadmium :: Cadmium (n.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore..

Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied..

Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc..

Demiculverin :: Demiculverin (n.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds..

Sealer :: Sealer (n.) One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like..

Dumb-bell :: Dumb-bell (n.) A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise..

Sarplar :: Sarplar (n.) A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight..

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