witherweight

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A counterbalancing weight; counterweight.
 * 2) * c1665, Sel. Biog. I 265.:
 * It is good to have a speciall care that gifts come not in the ballance with grace; for that is too gross a wither-weight. Lay by the painted case when you weigh the jewell;
 * 1) * 1672, M. Bruce Rattling Dry Bones 12.:
 * He puts it ay so upon their hand that he gives them it with a wother weight;