"balance" meaning in Middle French

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Noun

Forms: balances [plural]
Etymology: From Old French balance, from Vulgar Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|balance}} Old French balance, {{inh|frm|VL.|*bilancia}} Vulgar Latin *bilancia, {{der|frm|la|bilanx}} Latin bilanx Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|balances||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} balance f (plural balances), {{frm-noun|f}} balance f (plural balances)
  1. scales (weighing scales) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-balance-frm-noun-zoW67UFy Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 96 4
  2. (figurative) arbitrator Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-balance-frm-noun-1KeGfwww
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ballance, balanche, balence
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