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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..

Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.

Elliptic-lanceolate :: Elliptic-lanceolate (a.) Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.

Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..

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..

Ribwort :: Ribwort (n.) A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain..

Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house..

Fin :: Fin (n.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water..

Dart :: Dart (n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow..

Remote :: Remote (superl.) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance..

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

Sibilance :: Sibilance (n.) Alt. of Sibilanc.

#NAME? :: -ly (a.) A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likeness or resemblance..

Taint :: Taint (n.) An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner..

Cane :: Cane (n.) A lance or dart made of cane.

Logan :: Logan (n.) A rocking or balanced stone.

Avicula :: Avicula (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird..

Glance :: Glance (n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance..

Askant :: Askant (adv.) Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion..

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

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