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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
steelyard
 
SYLLABICATION:steel·yard
PRONUNCIATION:  stlyärd
NOUN: A balance consisting of a scaled arm suspended off center, a hook at the shorter end on which to hang the object being weighed, and a counterbalance at the longer end that can be moved to find the weight.
ETYMOLOGY: steel + yard1, rod.
 
 
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