poise

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A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
{{RQ:Bentley Confutation of Atheism
Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per centimetre.
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Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene) So downe he fell (..)
The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
(RQ:Dryden Innocence)'', nor ''(w)'', Men of an unbounded imagination, but who often wanted the Poyze of Judgement.
To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
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To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
(RQ:Shakespeare Othello)
1699, (w), ''Epistle to John Dryden''

to poise with solid sense a sprightly wit

To be of a given weight; to weigh. (defdate)
To add weight to, to down. (defdate)
(RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes) upon his fellowes sinne, and elevates his owne.
To hold (something) (m) or (m) something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose. (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Romeo)
To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used. (defdate)

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(RQ:Dryden Metamorphoses)
(quote-journal)
To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced. (defdate)
To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
(RQ:South Twelve Sermons)
weight
a unit of measure of unknown value (which presumably varied because of the technology of the time)
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