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Porpesse :: Porpesse (n.) A porpoise.

Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. i.) To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down..

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

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

Paise :: Paise (n.) See Poise.

Sea Hog :: Sea hog () The porpoise.

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

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight..

Homodont :: Homodont (a.) Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont..

Puffer :: Puffer (n.) The common, or harbor, porpoise..

Phocenic :: Phocenic (a.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid.

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

Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..

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

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..

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

Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.

Unpoised :: Unpoised (a.) Not poised or balanced.

Balance :: Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.

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

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