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- noun Plural form of
steelyard .
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Examples
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He had that job until the steelyards closed down and he never got another job after that.
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The son of a pump house worker, Mr. McConnell grew up near the Pughton, W. Va., steelyards.
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Most objects related to the selling of products such as weights and steelyards and scales were found in the room providing access to the square (8).
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It is a good plan to know the weight of your preserving kettle, as you can then weigh the fruit in it, with a pair of steelyards.
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
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Lord Mansfield, a huge mass of marble done into the guise of a judicial gown and wig, with a stern face in the midst of the latter, sat on the other side of the transept; and on the pedestal beside him was a figure of Justice, holding forth, instead of the customary grocer's scales, an actual pair of brass steelyards.
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In addition to these, a shallop, a pair of steelyards (scales), and three fowling pieces were disposed of.
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However, there was a carpet in the "great hall" of the new house, where also stood a clock, and unusual items as, three pairs of steelyards (scales).
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Marse Adam pull out a big flat black pocket-book and gived me a shinplaster, and say: 'Jesse, ever time your basket h'ist de beam of de steelyards to 100, you gits a shinplaster.'
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The captain rummaged in his saddle-bags and brought out a small pair of steelyards.
The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades
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He'll toss the steelyards, and weigh it right down,
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