Look up: Steelyard

1. steelyard
   [n] - a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length
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2. steelyard
   balance in which an object to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever and the weight determined by moving a counterpoise along a graduated scale on the longer arm Category: Standards, measures and testing
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3. Steelyard
   Steel'yard noun [ So named from a place in London called the Steelyard , which was a yard in which steel was sold.] A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counte...
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4. steelyard
   A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; ...
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5. steelyard
   lever scale noun a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length
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6. Steelyard
   • (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Rom...
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7. steelyard
   steelyard: see balance.
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8. Steelyard
   A steelyard is a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with two unequal arms. The load to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm and the bar is returned to the horizontal by adding weights to the longer arm, or moving a counterbalance along the longer, graduated arm.
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9. Steelyard
   The `Steelyard`, from the German `Stalhof`, was in the Middle Ages the main trading base of the Hanseatic League in London. Location: It lay on the north bank of the Thames by the outflow of the Walbrook, its site now covered by Cannon Street station and commemorated in the name of Steelyard Passage...
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