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Poise :: Poise (n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

Counterpoised :: Counterpoised (imp. & p. p.) of Counterpois.

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight..

Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..

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

Counterponderate :: Counterponderate (v. t.) To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.

Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Counterpoise.

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

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

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

Balance :: Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize..

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

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

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..

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