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Counterpoised :: Counterpoised (imp. & p. p.) of Counterpois.

Delphin :: Delphin (n.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Poize :: Poize (n.) See Poise.

Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.

Underpoise :: Underpoise (v. t.) To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue..

Air Poise :: Air poise () An instrument to measure the weight of air.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.

Balance :: Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..

Overpoise :: Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance..

Equilibrate :: Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise..

Poise :: Poise (n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.

Porpus :: Porpus (n.) A porpoise.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.

Equipendency :: Equipendency (n.) The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way.

Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam..

Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..

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