The beam of a balance. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weighing apparatus > a balance > beam of a balance (6) balk1399 The beam of a balance. Obsolete exc. dialect. beam1420 The transverse bar from the ends of which the scales of a balance are suspended; the balance itself. Often figurative with reference to the scales… weigh-balkc1485 the beam of a pair of scales or steelyard; plural scales. scale-beam1723 (a) = beam, n.1 6; (b) a weighing instrument of the steelyard kind. balance-yard1810 the beam of a balance. balance-beam1813 the beam of a balance, also the beam keeping a drawbridge balanced aloft. |
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