BALANCE, BALANCED
ADJECTIVES
► AVOIRDUPOIS evenly balanced; straight, correct → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAPSIDED unequally balanced, lopsided; deformed on one side → 1881 Eng. dial.
► TICKLISH unstably balanced or poised; easily unbalanced or upset; unsteady → 1601
ADVERBS
► HOBBLE-DE-POISE evenly balanced; straight, correct → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► LAUNCE a balance, a scale → 1590 obs.
VERBS
► ODDS to balance an account → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TITE-TITY to balance on the hand → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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