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Poise :: Poise (n.) To weigh (down); to oppress.

Porpesse :: Porpesse (n.) A porpoise.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance..

Paise :: Paise (n.) See Poise.

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

Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.

Water Poise :: Water poise () A hydrometer.

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

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Poise :: Poise (v.) That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.

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..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

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

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