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▪ I. balancing, vbl. n.|ˈbælənsɪŋ|
[f. balance v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. balance.
1. lit. Weighing, poising; acrobatic posturing.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 162 The Arts of Alchymy and Ballancing. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 76 The wheels and springs or ballancings of Nature. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. v. 190 Tumbling, and balancing..exhibited by the gleemen. 1883Payn Thicker than W. I. 181 Beginning to lose confidence in his balancing pole upon this very high rope.
2. fig. Pondering, consideration, critical comparison.
1666Tillotson Rule Faith ii. iii. §10 Exact balancing of every particular word. 1739Hume Hum. Nat. ii. ii. (1874) I. 339 Objections and replies, and ballancing of arguments.
3. Hesitation between opposing considerations; uncertainty.
1598Bacon Faction, Ess. (Arb.) 80 When Matters haue stucke long in ballancing. 1817Foster Life & Corr. (1846) I. cv. 465, I am in a great state of doubt and balancing. 1884Harper's Mag. Jan. 189/1 Balancings between Torquay and Madeira.
4. The placing of one thing over against another as in a balance, compensation; reduction to equilibrium, proportionate adjustment.
1612Travers Supplic. in Hooker Eccl. Pol. II. 656 So unequal a balancing of faults and punishments. 1647W. Browne Polex. ⁋iiij a, Knowing not how to reward an action that was beyond all ballancing. 1860Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 87/2 This balancing of evil by evil. 1884Pall Mall G. 23 Feb. 4/1 There was [no] finer balancing of mental and moral gifts than in Mr. Cobden.
5. Comparison, or equalization, of the credit and debit totals of an account.
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. i. §5. 41 Ballancing, Evening of Accounts. 1721C. King Brit. Merch. II. 10 By such a Ballancing of Accounts. 1803Edin. Rev. II. 16 The balancing system.
6. Oscillation about a position of equilibrium.
1868Lockyer Heavens 457 A top..undergoes also a balancing of its axis of figure or rotation, analogous to the oscillations of the Earth.
▪ II. ˈbalancing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. Weighing, pondering; hesitating.
1850Maurice Mor. & Met. Phil. vii. §5. 228 Cicero..had a singularly equitable, balancing, compromising nature.
2. Producing equilibrium, compensating.
1645W. Goode Publ. Spir. A ij b, That Ballancing providence of our most wise God. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iv. §26 Buildings are generally bad which have large balancing features at the extremities. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. iii. (1857) 42 Though there were..no trees, there were some balancing advantages.
3. Acrobatic.
1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. v. 190 Tumbling and balancing women. |