Vocabulary : Baksheesh to Balancement

Baksheesh : Alt. of Bakshish
Bakshish : Same as Backsheesh.
Balaam : A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.
Balachong : A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.
Balaenoidea : A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.

Balance : An apparatus for weighing. ;; Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate. ;; Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales. ;; The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness. ;; An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account. ;; A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary). ;; The constellation Libra. ;; The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September. ;; A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S. ;; To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance. ;; To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope. ;; To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize. ;; To compare
Balance wheel : A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance. ;; A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). ;; A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
Balanceable : Such as can be balanced.
Balanced : of Balance
Balancement : The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

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