Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The beam or lever of a balance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.
  • noun A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.
  • noun A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.

Etymologies

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scale +‎ beam

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