Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BAL'ANC-ER
BAL'ANC-ER, n.
- The person who weighs, or who uses a balance.
- A member of an insect useful in balancing the body. The balancers in insects are two very fine movable threads, terminated by a kind of oval button placed under the origin of the wings.
- One skilled in balancing.
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