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‖ staˈtera Obs.
Pl. -æ.
[L. statēra, prob. a. Gr. στατῆρα, accus. of στατήρ stater1, in the unrecorded (but etymologically probable) sense of ‘balance’. Cf. It. stadera.]
A steelyard.
1669Boyle Contn. New Exp. i. 23 The Weight..being taken off, and weighed in a Statera amounted to abovt 28 Pounds. 1793Statist. Acc. Scot. VII. 563 The instruments they have for the purpose of weighing, are a kind of staterae or steelyards. 1822J. Imison Sci. & Art I. 35 The Statera, or Roman steel-yard, is a lever of the first kind. |