Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The beam or lever of a balance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.
- noun A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
lever orbeam of abalance ; the lever of a platform scale, to which thepoise forweighing is applied. - noun A weighing
apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling asteelyard .
Etymologies
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scale + beam
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