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Counter weight
·noun A <<Counterpoise>>. ...

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Weight
·vt Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business. II. Weight ·vt A ponderous mass; s...

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Balance
·noun The constellation Libra. II. Balance ·noun An apparatus for weighing. III. Balance ·noun A m...

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Balance
Occurs in Lev. 19:36 and Isa. 46:6, as the rendering of the Hebrew kanch', which properly means "a r...

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balance
A mercantile word originally introduced into the ordinary language of life by the southern people, b...

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balance
One of the simple mechanical powers, used in determining the weights and masses of different bodies....

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Counter
·adv At or against the front or face. II. Counter ·vt Money; coin; — used in contempt. III. Count...

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counter
A term which enters into the composition of divers words of our language, and generally implies oppo...

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jack weight
A fat man. ...

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make weight
A small candle: a term applied to a little slender man. ...

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make-weight
a small candle, thrown in to complete the pound. N. ...

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dead weight
A vessel's lading when it consists of heavy goods, but particularly such as pay freight according to...

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weight-nails
Somewhat similar to deck-nails, but not so fine, and with square heads; for fastening cleats and the...

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Balance wheel
·- A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel. II. Bal...

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Trial balance
·add. ·- The testing of a ledger to discover whether the debits and credits balance, by finding whet...

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balance, to
To contract a sail into a narrower compass; this is peculiar to the mizen of a ship, and to the main...

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balance-fish
The hammer-headed shark (which see). ...

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balance-frames
Those frames or bends of timber, of an equal capacity or area, which are equally distant from the sh...

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balance-reef
A reef-band that crosses a sail from the outer head-earing to the tack diagonally, making it nearly ...

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jew-balance
A Mediterranean name of the Zygæna malleus, or hammer-headed shark. ...

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Counter brace
·- The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. ...

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Counter tenor
·- One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor. ...

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Counter-compony
·adj ·see <<Compony>>. ...

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Counter-couchant
·adj Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; — said of animals borne in a coat of arms...

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Counter-courant
·adj Running in opposite directions; — said of animals borne in a coast of arms. ...

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Counter-paly
·adj Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors...

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Counter-roll
·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...

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Counter-salient
·adj Leaping from each other; — said of two figures on a coast of arms. ...

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Hunt-counter
·noun A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. ...

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Speed counter
·add. ·- A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other mac...

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Counter Alley
See Compter Alley, Compter Court. ...

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counter-approaches
Works effected outside the place by the garrison during a siege, to enfilade, command, or otherwise ...

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counter-current
That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...

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counter-line
A word often used for contravallation. ...

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counter-mould
The converse of mould (which see). ...

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counter-rails
The balustrade work, or ornamental moulding across a square stern, where the counter terminates. ...

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counter-sea
The disturbed state of the sea after a gale, when, the wind having changed, the sea still runs in it...

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counter-sunk
Those holes which are made for the heads of bolts or nails to be sunk in, so as to be even with the ...

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counter-timbers
Short right-aft timbers for the purpose of strengthening the counter, and forming the stern. ...

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counter-trenches
See counter-approaches. ...

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lower counter
The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights. ...

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second-counter
See counter. ...

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upper counter
The counter between the wing transom and the rail. (See counter.) ...

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weight of metal
The weight of iron which the whole of the guns are capable of projecting at one round from both side...

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balance of trade
A computation of the value of all commodities which we import or export, showing the difference in a...

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counter-brace, to
Is bracing the head-yards one way, and the after-yards another. The counter-brace is the lee-brace o...

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side counter-timber
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...

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broadside weight of metal
The weight of iron which the guns of a ship can project, when single-shotted, from one side. (See we...

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