Balance
(n.) An apparatus for weighing. |
Balance
(n.) Act of weighing mentally |
Balance
(n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales. |
Balance
(n.) The state of being in equipoise |
Balance
(n.) An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account |
Balance
(n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary). |
Balance
(n.) The constellation Libra. |
Balance
(n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September. |
Balance
(n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S. |
Balance
(n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights |
Balance
(n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling |
Balance
(n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion |
Balance
(n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc. |
Balance
(n.) To settle and adjust, as an account |
Balance
(n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal |
Balance
(n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits |
Balance
(n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally |
Balance
(n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass |
Balance
(v. i.) To have equal weight on each side |
Balance
(v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force |
Balance
(v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back. |
Balance wheel
() A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock |
Balance wheel
() 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). |
Balance wheel
() A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine |
Drawing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draw |
Drawing
(n.) The act of pulling, or attracting. |
Drawing
(n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades |
Drawing
(n.) The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies. |
Drawing
(n.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning. |
Drawing
(n.) The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery. |
Drawing knife
(n.) Alt. of Drawknife |
Drawing-room
(n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company |
Drawing-room
(n.) The company assembled in such a room |
Preparing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prepare |
Sheet
(v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon |
Sheet
(v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet |
Sheet
(v. t.) the book itself. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A sail. |
Sheet
(v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind |
Sheet
(v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers |
Sheet
(v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets |
Sheet
(v. t.) To expand, as a sheet. |
Sheet anchor
(v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel |
Sheet anchor
(v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger |
Sheet cable
() The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
draft
draught
drawing | the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling |
casting lots
drawing lots
sortition | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn |
| drawing drawing off | act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source, the drawing of water from the well |
lottery
drawing | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots |
| drafting mechanical drawing | the craft of drawing blueprints |
| sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
drawing draftsmanship
drafting | the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams, he learned drawing from his father |
analytical balance
chemical balance | a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis |
| balance | a scale for weighing, depends on pull of gravity |
balance beam
beam | a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts |
balance wheel
balance | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine, especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat |
| beam balance | a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm |
cookie sheet
baking tray | a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits |
counterweight
counterbalance
counterpoise
balance equalizer
equaliser | a weight that balances another weight |
cutaway cutaway drawing
cutaway model | a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts |
delineation
depiction
limning
line drawing | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects |
| draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
drafting board
drawing board | a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings |
drafting table
drawing table | a worktable with adjustable top |
| drawing | a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines, drawings of abstract forms, he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures |
drawing card
loss leader
leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
| drawing chalk | colored chalks used by artists |
drawing room
withdrawing room | a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained |
| drawing room | a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet |
drawstring
drawing string
string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening, he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag |
| dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
| electronic balance | a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan |
fitted sheet
contour sheet | a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress |
| mechanical drawing | scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc, |
pall shroud
cerement
winding-sheet
windinglothes | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
plate glass
sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
sail
canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
schematic
schematic drawing | diagram of an electrical or mechanical system |
sheet
bed sheet | bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth, used in pairs |
sheet tack mainsheet
weather sheet
shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
| sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
sheet anchor
waist anchor | spare anchor for use in emergency |
sheet bend
becket bend
weaver's knot
weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
| sheet iron | plate iron thinner than tank iron |
| sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
sheet pile
sheath pile
sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
| sheet web | an irregular spider web woven in a single plane and looking like flattened hammocks |
spring balance
spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
tent-fly
rainfly
fly sheet
fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
thumbtack
drawing pin
pushpin | a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board |
| torsion balance | measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire |
| wash wash drawing | a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other |
| drawing power | the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters) |
symmetry
symmetricalness
correspondence balance | (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation, exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane |
proportion proportionality
balance | harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design), in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance- John Ruskin |