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Peise (?), n. [See Poise.] A weight; a poise. [Obs.] “To weigh pence with a peise.”  Piers Plowman.

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Peise, v. t. To poise or weigh. [Obs.]  Chaucer.

    [1913 Webster] Lest leaden slumber peise me down. Shak.

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Poise (?), n. [OE. pois, peis, OF. pois, peis, F. poids, fr. L. pensum a portion weighed out, pendere to weigh, weigh out.  Cf. Avoirdupois, Pendant, Poise, v.] [Formerly written also peise.]

    1. Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness. “Weights of an extraordinary poise.”  Evelyn.

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    2. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.

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    3. The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.  Bentley.

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    4. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

    [1913 Webster] Men of unbounded imagination often want the poise of judgment. Dryden.

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    5. a dignified and self-confident manner; graceful composure and tact in handling difficult social situations.

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Poise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poised, (); p. pr. & vb. n. Poising.] [OE. poisen, peisen, OF. & F. peser, to weigh, balance, OF. il peise, il poise, he weighs, F. il pèse, fr. L. pensare, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See Poise, n., and cf. Pensive.] [Formerly written also peise.]

    1. To balance; to make of equal weight; as, “to poise the scales of a balance”.

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    2. To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.

    [1913 Webster] Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky;
    Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie. Dryden.

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    3. To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

    [1913 Webster] One scale of reason to poise another of sensuality. Shak.

    [1913 Webster] To poise with solid sense a sprightly wit. Dryden.

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    4. To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.

    [1913 Webster] He can not sincerely consider the strength, poise the weight, and discern the evidence. South.

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    5. To weigh (down); to oppress. [Obs.]

    [1913 Webster] Lest leaden slumber peise me down to-morrow. Shak.

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