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

Porpus :: Porpus (n.) A porpoise.

Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals..

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

Poise :: Poise (v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

Delphinoidea :: Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms..

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

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

Sea Pig :: Sea pig () A porpoise or dolphin.

Dunter :: Dunter (n.) A porpoise.

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

Counter Weight :: Counter weight (n.) A counterpoise.

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.

Poise :: Poise (v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.

Counterponderate :: Counterponderate (v. t.) To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.

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..

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Poise :: Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance..

Water Poise :: Water poise () A hydrometer.

Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..

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