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Definition of: steelyard
(stēl′yärd′, -yərd) noun
A simple device for weighing, consisting of a scaled beam, counterpoise, and hooks, the article to be weighed being hung at the short end, and the counterpoise weight on the long arm. Also steel′yards. [from Steelyard, formerly, the London headquarters for Hanseatic traders; a mistranslation of MLG stalhof a court where samples of goods are displayed]
a. Pompeian. b. Modern.
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