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  Sign \Sign\, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a
     sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. Ensign,
     Resign, Seal a stamp, Signal, Signet.]
     That by which anything is made known or represented; that
     which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a
     proof. Specifically:
     (a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as
         indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.
     (b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine
         will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine
         power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
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               Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of
               the Spirit of God.                   --Rom. xv. 19.
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               It shall come to pass, if they will not believe
               thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first
               sign, that they will believe the voice of the
               latter sign.                         --Ex. iv. 8.
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     (c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve
         the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
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               What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty
               men, and they became a sign.         --Num. xxvi.
                                                    10.
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     (d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or
         represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
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               The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely
               significative; but what they represent is as
               certainly delivered to us as the symbols
               themselves.                          --Brerewood.
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               Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     (e) A word or a character regarded as the outward
         manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of
         ideas.
     (f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is
         expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
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               They made signs to his father, how he would have
               him called.                          --Luke i. 62.
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     (g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language
         of a signs such as those used by the North American
         Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
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     Note: Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural
           signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and
           methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the
           dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word
           by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished
           from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on
           the fingers.
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     (h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
         --Milton.
     (i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed
         upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to
         advertise the business there transacted, or the name of
         the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed
         token or notice.
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               The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted
               signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the
               streets.                             --Macaulay.
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     (j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
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     Note: The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection
           of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and
           are named, respectively, Aries ([Aries]), Taurus
           ([Taurus]), Gemini (II), Cancer ([Cancer]), Leo
           ([Leo]), Virgo ([Virgo]), Libra ([Libra]),
           Scorpio ([Scorpio]), Sagittarius ([Sagittarius]),
           Capricornus  ([Capricorn]), Aquarius ([Aquarius]),
           Pisces ([Pisces]). These names were originally the
           names of the constellations occupying severally the
           divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still
           retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the
           equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become
           separated about 30 degrees from these constellations,
           and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in
           advance, or to the east of the one which bears its
           name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus,
           etc.
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     (k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities,
         or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign +
         (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division /, and
         the like.
     (l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one
         appreciable by some one other than the patient.
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     Note: The terms symptom and and sign are often used
           synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign
           differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived
           only by the patient himself. The term sign is often
           further restricted to the purely local evidences of
           disease afforded by direct examination of the organs
           involved, as distinguished from those evidence of
           general disturbance afforded by observation of the
           temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often
           called physical sign.
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     (m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
     (n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or
         signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term
         used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance
         considered with reference to that which it represents.
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               An outward and visible sign of an inward and
               spiritual grace.                     --Bk. of
                                                    Common Prayer.
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     Note: See the Table of Arbitrary Signs, p. 1924.
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     Sign manual.
     (a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of
         bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed
         with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be,
         to complete their validity.
     (b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting.
         --Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.
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     Syn: Token; mark; note; symptom; indication; signal; symbol;
          type; omen; prognostic; presage; manifestation. See
          Emblem.
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  Libra \Li"bra\ (l[imac]"br[.a]), n.; pl. Libr[ae]
     (l[imac]"br[=e]). [L., a balance.] (Astron.)
     (a) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the
         sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked
         thus [libra] in almanacs, etc.
     (b ) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
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  Libra \Li"bra\ (l[imac]"br[.a]), n.; pl. Libr[ae]
     (l[imac]"br[=e]). [L., a balance.] (Astron.)
     (a) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the
         sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked
         thus [libra] in almanacs, etc.
     (b ) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

  Sign \Sign\, n. [F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a
     sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum. Cf. Ensign,
     Resign, Seal a stamp, Signal, Signet.]
     That by which anything is made known or represented; that
     which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a
     proof. Specifically:
     (a) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as
         indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.
     (b) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine
         will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine
         power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
  
               Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of
               the Spirit of God.                   --Rom. xv. 19.
  
               It shall come to pass, if they will not believe
               thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first
               sign, that they will believe the voice of the
               latter sign.                         --Ex. iv. 8.
     (c) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve
         the memory, of a thing; a token; a memorial; a monument.
  
               What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty
               men, and they became a sign.         --Num. xxvi.
                                                    10.
     (d) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or
         represents, an idea; a type; hence, sometimes, a picture.
  
               The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely
               significative; but what they represent is as
               certainly delivered to us as the symbols
               themselves.                          --Brerewood.
  
               Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory.
                                                    --Spenser.
     (e) A word or a character regarded as the outward
         manifestation of thought; as, words are the sign of
         ideas.
     (f) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is
         expressed, or a command or a wish made known.
  
               They made signs to his father, how he would have
               him called.                          --Luke i. 62.
     (g) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language
         of a signs such as those used by the North American
         Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
  
     Note: Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural
           signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and
           methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the
           dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word
           by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished
           from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on
           the fingers.
     (h) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
         --Milton.
     (i) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed
         upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to
         advertise the business there transacted, or the name of
         the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed
         token or notice.
  
               The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted
               signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the
               streets.                             --Macaulay.
     (j) (Astron.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
  
     Note: The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection
           of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and
           are named, respectively, Aries ([Aries]), Taurus
           ([Taurus]), Gemini (II), Cancer ([Cancer]), Leo
           ([Leo]), Virgo ([Virgo]), Libra ([Libra]),
           Scorpio ([Scorpio]), Sagittarius ([Sagittarius]),
           Capricornus  ([Capricorn]), Aquarius ([Aquarius]),
           Pisces ([Pisces]). These names were originally the
           names of the constellations occupying severally the
           divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still
           retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the
           equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become
           separated about 30 degrees from these constellations,
           and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in
           advance, or to the east of the one which bears its
           name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus,
           etc.
     (k) (Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities,
         or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign +
         (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division /, and
         the like.
     (l) (Med.) An objective evidence of disease; that is, one
         appreciable by some one other than the patient.
  
     Note: The terms symptom and and sign are often used
           synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign
           differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived
           only by the patient himself. The term sign is often
           further restricted to the purely local evidences of
           disease afforded by direct examination of the organs
           involved, as distinguished from those evidence of
           general disturbance afforded by observation of the
           temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often
           called physical sign.
     (m) (Mus.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
     (n) (Theol.) That which, being external, stands for, or
         signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term
         used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance
         considered with reference to that which it represents.
  
               An outward and visible sign of an inward and
               spiritual grace.                     --Bk. of
                                                    Common Prayer.
  
     Note: See the Table of Arbitrary Signs, p. 1924.
  
     Sign manual.
     (a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of
         bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed
         with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be,
         to complete their validity.
     (b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting.
         --Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.
  
     Syn: Token; mark; note; symptom; indication; signal; symbol;
          type; omen; prognostic; presage; manifestation. See
          Emblem.

  Libra
       n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra
            [syn: Balance]
       2: a small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern
          hemisphere; between Virgo and Scorpius
       3: the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
          about September 23 to October 22 [syn: Libra the Balance,
           Balance, Libra the Scales]

  Libra
     Ινδονησιακά n.
     (ετ αστερ id) Ζυγός
     Ισπανικά n.
     (ετ αστερ es) Ζυγός
     Πορτογαλικά n.
     (ετ αστερ pt) Ζυγός

  libra
     Galician n.
     1 English or American pound, (ngd: a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6
  g)
     2 (lb gl historical) Galician pound, (ngd: a unit of mass equivalent
  to about 575 g)
     3 (lb gl historical) #English, Spanish pound, (ngd: a unit of mass
  equivalent to about 460 g)
     4 British pound, (ngd: a unit of British currency originally
  notionally equal to a pound of sterling silver)
     5 (lb gl chiefly historical) pound, (ngd: other similar currencies
  originally notionally equal to a pound of gold or silver)
     Italian n.
     pound
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) A ancient Roman unit of measure of mass, usually
  equivalent to 327 gram.
     2 (lb en historical) A traditional Spanish unit of measure of mass,
  usually around 460 gram.
     3 (lb en historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of measure of
  mass, usually equivalent to 345 gram and particularly used for trade in
  medicines.
     4 (lb en historical) (synonym of en arratel), a separate Portuguese
  unit of measure of mass, usually around 460 gram.
     5 (lb en historical) (alternative spelling of en libbra nodot=1), a
  traditional Italian unit of measure of mass.
     6 (lb en historical) (synonym of en pound), a notional pound of
  silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts.
     Spanish n.
     1 English or American avoirdupois pound (gl: a unit of mass
  equivalent to 453.6 g)
     2 (lb es historical) (l en libra), Spanish pound (gl: a traditional
  unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g)
     3 British pound (gl: the currency of the United Kingdom and its
  dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling
  silver)
     4 (lb es chiefly historical) pound (gl: various other currencies
  originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: librar)

  Libra
     Portuguese n.
     1 (lb pt astrology) (l en Libra) (gloss: astrological sign)
     2 (lb pt zodiac constellations) (l en Libra) (gloss: constellation)
     Spanish n.
     1 (lb es astronomy astrology) (l en Libra) (gloss: constellation)
     2 (lb es astrology) (l en Libra) (gloss: astrological sign)

  libra
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) A ancient Roman unit of measure of mass, usually
  equivalent to 327 gram.
     2 (lb en historical) A traditional Spanish unit of measure of mass,
  usually around 460 gram.
     3 (lb en historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of measure of
  mass, usually equivalent to 345 gram and particularly used for trade in
  medicines.
     4 (lb en historical) (synonym of en arratel), a separate Portuguese
  unit of measure of mass, usually around 460 gram.
     5 (lb en historical) (alternative spelling of en libbra nodot=1), a
  traditional Italian unit of measure of mass.
     6 (lb en historical) (synonym of en pound), a notional pound of
  silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts.

  Libra
     n.
     Someone with a Libra star sign
     n.
     1 (lb en zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac,
  supposedly shaped like a set of scales.
     2 (lb en astrology) The astrological sign for the scales, ruled by
  Venus and covering September 24 - October 23 (tropical astrology) or
  October 16 - November 16 (sidereal astrology).

  libra
     Galician n.
     1 English or American pound, (ngd: a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6
  g)
     2 (lb gl historical) Galician pound, (ngd: a unit of mass equivalent
  to about 575 g)
     3 (lb gl historical) #English, Spanish pound, (ngd: a unit of mass
  equivalent to about 460 g)
     4 British pound, (ngd: a unit of British currency originally
  notionally equal to a pound of sterling silver)
     5 (lb gl chiefly historical) pound, (ngd: other similar currencies
  originally notionally equal to a pound of gold or silver)
     Italian n.
     pound
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) A ancient Roman unit of measure of mass, usually
  equivalent to 327 gram.
     2 (lb en historical) A traditional Spanish unit of measure of mass,
  usually around 460 gram.
     3 (lb en historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of measure of
  mass, usually equivalent to 345 gram and particularly used for trade in
  medicines.
     4 (lb en historical) (synonym of en arratel), a separate Portuguese
  unit of measure of mass, usually around 460 gram.
     5 (lb en historical) (alternative spelling of en libbra nodot=1), a
  traditional Italian unit of measure of mass.
     6 (lb en historical) (synonym of en pound), a notional pound of
  silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts.
     Spanish n.
     1 English or American avoirdupois pound (gl: a unit of mass
  equivalent to 453.6 g)
     2 (lb es historical) (l en libra), Spanish pound (gl: a traditional
  unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g)
     3 British pound (gl: the currency of the United Kingdom and its
  dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling
  silver)
     4 (lb es chiefly historical) pound (gl: various other currencies
  originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: librar)

  Libra
     Portuguese n.
     1 (lb pt astrology) (l en Libra) (gloss: astrological sign)
     2 (lb pt zodiac constellations) (l en Libra) (gloss: constellation)
     Spanish n.
     1 (lb es astronomy astrology) (l en Libra) (gloss: constellation)
     2 (lb es astrology) (l en Libra) (gloss: astrological sign)

  libra
     Galician n.
     1 English or American pound, (ngd: a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6
  g)
     2 (lb gl historical) Galician pound, (ngd: a unit of mass equivalent
  to about 575 g)
     3 (lb gl historical) #English, Spanish pound, (ngd: a unit of mass
  equivalent to about 460 g)
     4 British pound, (ngd: a unit of British currency originally
  notionally equal to a pound of sterling silver)
     5 (lb gl chiefly historical) pound, (ngd: other similar currencies
  originally notionally equal to a pound of gold or silver)
     Italian n.
     pound
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) A ancient Roman unit of measure of mass, usually
  equivalent to 327 gram.
     2 (lb en historical) A traditional Spanish unit of measure of mass,
  usually around 460 gram.
     3 (lb en historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of measure of
  mass, usually equivalent to 345 gram and particularly used for trade in
  medicines.
     4 (lb en historical) (synonym of en arratel), a separate Portuguese
  unit of measure of mass, usually around 460 gram.
     5 (lb en historical) (alternative spelling of en libbra nodot=1), a
  traditional Italian unit of measure of mass.
     6 (lb en historical) (synonym of en pound), a notional pound of
  silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts.
     Spanish n.
     1 English or American avoirdupois pound (gl: a unit of mass
  equivalent to 453.6 g)
     2 (lb es historical) (l en libra), Spanish pound (gl: a traditional
  unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g)
     3 British pound (gl: the currency of the United Kingdom and its
  dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling
  silver)
     4 (lb es chiefly historical) pound (gl: various other currencies
  originally notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: librar)

  Libra
     Portuguese n.
     1 (lb pt astrology) (l en Libra) (gloss: astrological sign)
     2 (lb pt zodiac constellations) (l en Libra) (gloss: constellation)
     Spanish n.
     1 (lb es astronomy astrology) (l en Libra) (gloss: constellation)
     2 (lb es astrology) (l en Libra) (gloss: astrological sign)

  libra
     Esperanto a.
     kirja-, kirjan-
     Latina n.
     vaaka

  Libra
     Espanja n.
     1 (''astrologia'') Vaaka
     2 (''tähtitiede'') Vaaka

  libra
     Tjeckiska n.
     pund

  Libra
     Latin n.
     (tagg astronomi astrologi kat=stjärnbilder språk=la) Vågen
     Spanska n.
     (tagg astronomi astrologi kat=stjärnbilder språk=es) Vågen

  libra /lˈibra/
  pound

  Libra /lˈaɪbɹə/
  الميزان

  libra /lˈaɪbɹə/
  souhvězdí Váhy

  Libra /lˈaɪbɹə/ 
   [astro] Váhy (sedmé znamení zvěrokruhu)
  

  libra /lˈaɪbɹə/
  Pfund Sterling , Pfund  [fin.]
           Note: Währung
     Synonyms: pound Sterling, pound
  
   see: quid, a grand
  

  Libra /lˈaɪbɹə/
  Waage  [astron.]  [astrol.]
           Note: Sternbild; Sternzeichen
     Synonym: Scale
  

  Libra /lˈaɪbɹə/
  Waagegeborener , Waage  [astrol.]
        "those born under the sign of Libra"  - die Waagegeborenen, alle Waagegeborenen
        "those born under Libra"  - die Waagegeborenen, alle Waagegeborenen
        "I'm a Libra."  - Ich bin (vom Sternzeichen) Waage.

  Libra /lˈaɪbɹə/
  
  Ζυγός

  libra /lˈaɪbɹə/
  
  Ζυγός

  Libra //ˈliːbɹə// 
  vaaka
  Someone with a Libra star sign

  Libra //ˈliːbɹə// 
  Vaaka 2.
  constellation
   3.
  astrological sign

  Libra /lˈaɪbɹə/ 
  1. तुला
        "She is born under the star sign of Libra."

  libra /lˈaɪbɹə/
  vaga

  Libra //ˈliːbɹə// 
  Libra 2.
  astrological sign
   3.
  constellation

  Libra //ˈliːbɹə// 
  1. 天秤宮, てんびん座
  astrological sign
  2. てんびん座, 天秤座
  constellation

  Libra //ˈliːbɹə// 
  vekt
  Someone with a Libra star sign

  Libra //ˈliːbɹə// 
  Vekten, Vekta 2.
  astrological sign
   3.
  constellation

  lb, libra /ˌɛlbˈiː/ /lˈaɪbɹə/
    funt

  Libra /ˈli:brə/ 
    Waga  [znak zodiaku]

  Libra //ˈliːbɹə// 
  Vågen 2.
  astrological sign
   3.
  constellation

  libra /lˈaɪbɹə/
  1. Terazi burcu.

  libra /lˌibeɾətʃˈinʊ/
  1. Pfund
  2. Pfund Sterling

  libra /lˌibeɾˈaʊ/
  1. pound
  2. pound sterling

  Libra /lˈibɹɐ/ 
  Balance
  (signo do Zodíaco)

  libra /lˈibɹɐ/ 
  livre 2.
  (unidade monetária do Reino Unido)
   3.
  (unidade de medida de massa)

  Libra /lˈibɹɐ/ 
  Libra
  (signo do Zodíaco)

  libra /lˈibɹɐ/ 
  libra 2.
  (unidade monetária do Reino Unido)
   3.
  (unidade de medida de massa)

  libra /lˈiβɾa/
  llibra  

  libra /lˈiβɾa/ 
  Pfund 

  libra /lˈiβɾa/ 
  Pfund , (Währung und Gewicht)

  Libra /lˈiβɾa/ 
  Waage  [Astronomie]

  libra /lˈiβɾa/ 
  Wage 

  libra /lˈiβɾa/
  1. pound
  2. plate, sheet, slab

  
/ˈɫibɹɑ/

  n. 天秤座;
  n. 磅,磅;

     n. 磅,天秤座