scales
Example Sentences
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So the Armstrong team employed a series of tests involving fancy scales and gently tipping the capsule.
From Los Angeles Times
And in Spell 125, Ankhmerwer, judged before Osiris, has his heart weighed in the scales against the gilded feather of truth and justice representing the goddess Ma’at—while the hungry hybrid-beast Ammit stands ready to devour the unjust.
Official emblem of the Greater Mumbai Police, with a hand holding up the scales of justice.
Official emblem of the Greater Mumbai Police, with a hand holding up the scales of justice.
Official emblem of the Greater Mumbai Police, with a hand holding up the scales of justice.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.