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

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

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

Equiponderancy :: Equiponderancy (n.) Equality of weight; equipoise.

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

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

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

Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Counterpoise.

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

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..

Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces..

Paise :: Paise (n.) See Poise.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.

Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.

Dunter :: Dunter (n.) A porpoise.

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

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

Librate :: Librate (v. i.) To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised..

Payse :: Payse (v. t.) To poise.

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