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Equalizing bar

Equalize \E"qual*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing.] [Cf. F. ['e]galiser.]

  1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.

    One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low.
    --Wordsworth.

    No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers.
    --Whately.

  2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.

    Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad.
    --Orrery.

  3. To be equal to; equal; to match. [Obs.]

    It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart.
    --Waller.

    Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.