Definition of poise

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

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Underpoise :: Underpoise (v. t.) To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue..
Dunter :: Dunter (n.) A porpoise.
Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.
Counterpoised :: Counterpoised (imp. & p. p.) of Counterpois.
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..
Homodont :: Homodont (a.) Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont..
Sea Hog :: Sea hog () The porpoise.
Counterponderate :: Counterponderate (v. t.) To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.
Unpoised :: Unpoised (a.) Not poised or balanced.
Balance :: Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.
Balance :: Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.
Delphinoidea :: Delphinoidea (n. pl.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms..
Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.
Water Poise :: Water poise () A hydrometer.
Peise :: Peise (v. t.) To poise or weight.
Equilibrious :: Equilibrious (a.) Evenly poised; balanced.
Poise :: Poise (v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
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..
Antilibration :: Antilibration (n.) A balancing; equipoise.
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