counterbalance
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
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At Two Beers, there was reggae; at Counterbalance, serendipity on shuffle; the Chili Peppers played at Lowercase and the Roots bumped at Great Notion.
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2022
Police rounded up 20 on vandalism charges, and the Counterbalance car limped into history.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2020
That spring and summer, the three old cable-car lines — Madison, James, Yesler — along with the Queen Anne Counterbalance, were disassembled.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2020
Sometimes, the final runs were celebrated with raucous “last mile” revels — in the case of the Counterbalance, far too raucous.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2020
Counterbalance Weight for Knife-Bar—A safety device which, through constant and dependable action of gravity, always tends to keep the knife from dropping.
From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by Grayson, David
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