What is a small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard called?
rider — A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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