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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gate either so supported in the middle, or so counter-weighted, that its weight may rest vertically upon the gate-post instead of hanging upon one side of it.
- noun In hydraulics, a gate having equal areas upon each side of the supporting post, so that the action of a current may not impede its movement.
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