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Meaning Of Steelyard
n.
A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is
suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum,
and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce
equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated)
indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in
the plural form, steelyards.