Obs. Pl. -æ. [L. statēra, prob. a. Gr. στατῆρα, accus. of στατήρ STATER1, in the unrecorded (but etymologically probable) sense of ‘balance.’ Cf. It. stadera.] A steelyard.
1669. Boyle, Contn. New Exp., I. 23. The Weight … being taken off, and weighed in a statera amounted to abovt 28 Pounds.
1793. Statist. Acc. Scot., VII. 563. The instruments they have for the purpose of weighing, are a kind of staterae or steelyards.
1822. Imison, Sci. & Art, I. 35. The Statera, or Roman steel-yard, is a lever of the first kind.
