[f. as prec. + -ING2.]

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  1.  Weighing, pondering; hesitating.

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1850.  Maurice, Mor. & Met. Philos., vii. § 5. 228. Cicero … had a singularly equitable, balancing, compromising nature.

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  2.  Producing equilibrium, compensating.

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1645.  W. Goode, Publ. Spir., A ij b. That Ballancing providence of our most wise God.

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1849.  Ruskin, Sev. Lamps, iv. §. 26. Buildings are generally bad which have large balancing features at the extremities.

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1854.  H. Miller, Sch. & Schm., iii. (1857), 42. Though there were … no trees, there were some balancing advantages.

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  3.  Acrobatic.

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1801.  Strutt, Sports & Past., III. V. 190. Tumbling and balancing women.

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