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counterscale

counterscale noun: counterbalance.

Noun

counterscale (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) counterbalance
    • cast New-Inn in counterscale with Christ-Church College1655, James Howell, “To Dr. Tho. Prichard”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC

Origin of counterscale

From counter- + scale, as if balancing one scale against another.

Questions about counterscale

What does counterscale mean?
Counterscale means counterbalance.
What part of speech is counterscale?
Counterscale is a noun.

Words near counterscale in the dictionary

  1. countersalient
  2. countersanction
  3. countersanctions
  4. countersang
  5. countersank
  6. counterscale
  7. counterscarp
  8. counterscarps
  9. counterscheme
  10. counterschemes
  11. counterscientific

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