balancern.
/ˈbalənsə/, /ˈbaln̩sə/, U.S. /ˈbælənsər/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > one who
balancer1413
scalesman1838
1309 Hustings Rolls Lond. No. 38. 102 Ralph le Balancer, Pepperer.
1320 Hustings Rolls Lond. No. 49. 1 Le Balauncer.]
1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) i. xxxiv. 37 Neyeng toward the balaunce..she sayd to the balauncer; How is it in oure partye?
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Balanceur, a ballancer; a weigher of things in a ballance.
2. One who balances himself in difficult positions; a tumbler, acrobat.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat
tumblera1340
tumbesterc1386
tumblesterc1386
playera1425
speeler1496
balancer?1518
petaurist1656
tumbling lass1687
balance-master1753
balance-mistress1801
jerry-come-tumble1823
acrobat1827
evolutionist1833
jerry-go-nimble1874
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B vjv Balancers, tynne casters, and skryueners.
1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers iv. iv The feats of balancers and rope dancers.
1828 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 890/2 Posture-maker or balancer.
3. One who keeps things in equilibrium, or maintains the balance of power.
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society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > one who maintains balance of power
balancer1731
1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets xxxi Ballancers of State.
1795 Scots Mag. 57 884/2 A republican balancer of Europe, which the new republic would be.
4. Something which helps to preserve the balance; spec. the knobbed filaments (haltēres or poisers), which in two-winged flies replace the posterior wings, a name given (in French) by Réaumur from their resemblance to the balancier used in coining. In technical uses (see quots.).
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > organ which preserves balance
balancer1753
poiser1790
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > parts of > halteres
poise1713
balancer1753
poiser1790
halteres1823
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts
armOE
button?1561
running gear1663
relax1676
collar1678
drumhead1698
long arm1717
drum1744
press cloth1745
head1785
absorber1789
bearing plate1794
crown1796
rhodings1805
press box1825
alternator1829
cushion1832
saw tooth1835
shoe1837
keyboard1839
returner1839
cross-head1844
channel shoe1845
baster1846
water port1864
shifter1869
magazine1873
entry port1874
upsetter1875
mechanism1876
tapper1876
tension bar1879
buttonholer1882
take-up1884
auger1886
instrument panel1897
balancer1904
torsion bar1937
powerhead1960
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ballancers..under the wings of the two-winged flies.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 186 In the long-bodied..abdominal fishes the ventrals..subserve the office of accessory balancers.
1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 554 The..halteres or balancers..are the only vestiges of the hinder pair of wings.
1904 S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electr. Machinery (ed. 7) I. 775 Uses of Motor-Generator Combinations... Equalization of voltages in a 3-wire or 5-wire system of distribution; in which case, the apparatus is termed a Balancer.
1923 Daily Mail 17 Feb. 4 The Lanchester balancer incorporated with the five-bearing crankshaft... The balancer consists of two weighted drums driven by a helical gear wheel fixed to a web of the crankshaft. They revolve at twice the crankshaft's speed and ensure its perfect balance and harmony.
Compounds
balancer mash n. = balancer meal n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > food eaten by birds > poultry food
gobbetc1384
shack1536
patoun1600
cram1614
chicken meat1684
soilinga1825
chicken feed1843
cram-cake1888
laying meal1908
laying mash1926
Tottenham Pudding1944
balancer meal1950
balancer mash1955
1955 Pract. Poultry Keeping (ed. 5) viii. 61 A grain balancer mash should be used for this form of feeding and may be the same as for dry mash.
balancer meal n. a supplementary food for poultry (see quot. 1951).
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the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > food eaten by birds > poultry food
gobbetc1384
shack1536
patoun1600
cram1614
chicken meat1684
soilinga1825
chicken feed1843
cram-cake1888
laying meal1908
laying mash1926
Tottenham Pudding1944
balancer meal1950
balancer mash1955
1950 A. Christie Murder is Announced i. 15 [She] was conscientiously stirring in handfuls of balancer meal to a..basin full of cooked potato peelings.
1951 W. P. Blount Hen Batteries viii. 122 Balancer Meal is not a complete feed in itself. It is intended to provide those main nutrients (proteins) deficient in ordinary household scraps.
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