Associations to the word «Bascule»
Adverb
Wiktionary
BASCULE, noun. A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers
BASCULE BRIDGE, noun. A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leafs equipped with balancing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation.
Dictionary definition
BASCULE, noun. A structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw).
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.