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

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

Poise :: Poise (v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt..

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

Pellack :: Pellack (n.) A porpoise.

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..

Water Poise :: Water poise () A hydrometer.

Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body..

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

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

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

Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.

Antilibration :: Antilibration (n.) A balancing; equipoise.

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

Poised :: Poised (imp. & p. p.) of Pois.

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

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

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

Balance :: Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..

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..

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