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Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.

Poize :: Poize (n.) See Poise.

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

Poise :: Poise (n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh..

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

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

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

Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied..

Libratory :: Libratory (a.) Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level..

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

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

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

Snuffer :: Snuffer (n.) The common porpoise.

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

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

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..

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

Balance :: Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize..

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

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