Definition of poise

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

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Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.
Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals..
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.
Porpesse :: Porpesse (n.) A porpoise.
Counterpoised :: Counterpoised (imp. & p. p.) of Counterpois.
Counterponderate :: Counterponderate (v. t.) To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.
Poise :: Poise (v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.
Poise :: Poise (v.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.
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..
Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.
Poise :: Poise (n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh..
Snuffer :: Snuffer (n.) The common porpoise.
Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..
Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight..
Porpus :: Porpus (n.) A porpoise.
Poise :: Poise (n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.
Peise :: Peise (v. t.) To poise or weight.
Dunter :: Dunter (n.) A porpoise.
Air Poise :: Air poise () An instrument to measure the weight of air.
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