Definitions
hold or carry in equilibrium
Word origin
From Middle English poys, poyse, from Anglo-Norman pois, Middle French pois (“weight”) and Anglo-Norman poise, Middle French poise (“measure of weight”), from Latin pendere (“to weigh, ponder, think”). Doublet of peise.
Used in a sentence
“plants and animals, which are all made up of and nourished by water, and perhaps never return to water again, do not keep things at a poise”
“Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]”
“as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away, / With dreadfull poyse is from the mayneland rift, / […] So downe he fell […]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Graceful balance”5 letters
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