weighbauk, weighbawk

The beam of a balance for weighing; hence, in plural=a pair of scales. ( Scotch.) "Capering in the air in a pair of weigh - bauks, now up, now down." Scott: Red gauntlet, ch. xxiv. IMG:content-0769.png:[blocks in formation] wêigh-a-ble ( gh silent), adj. [Eng. weigh, v.; -able.] Capable of being weighed. weigh-age (as wa-ig), subst. [Eng. weigh , v.; -age .] A rate or toll paid for weighing goods. weighed ( gh silent), pa . par . & a. [WEIGH, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) *B. As adj .: Experienced. "In an emba y of weight, choice was made of some sad person of known experience, and not of a young man, not weighed in state matters."- Bacon .