What is the bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. The doubtful beam long nods from side to side. Pope called?
beam — The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended. The doubtful beam long nods from side to side. Pope. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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