Definition of poise

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Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..

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Pellack :: Pellack (n.) A porpoise.
Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.
Overpoise :: Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.
Puffer :: Puffer (n.) The common, or harbor, porpoise..
Rocking-stone :: Rocking-stone (n.) A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force..
Delphin :: Delphin (n.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
Antilibration :: Antilibration (n.) A balancing; equipoise.
Snuffer :: Snuffer (n.) The common porpoise.
Balance :: Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.
Paise :: Paise (n.) See Poise.
Delphinoidea :: Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms..
Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied..
Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam..
Water Poise :: Water poise () A hydrometer.
Poize :: Poize (n.) See Poise.
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..
Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..
Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals..
Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces..
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