poise
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Is poise a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.Examples: "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, […]"countableuncountable
2. (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.Examples: "as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away, / With dreadfull poyse is from the mayneland rift, / […] So downe he fell […]"countableobsoleteuncountable
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.Examples: "The slender, graceful spars / Poise aloft in the air."obsolete
2. (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.Examples: "one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality"; "1699, John Dryden, Epistle to John Dryden to poise with solid sense a sprightly wit"obsolete
3. (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.obsolete
4. (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.Examples: "Every man poiseth [translating poise] upon his fellowes sinne, and elevates his owne."obsolete
5. (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.Examples: "you saw her faire none els being by, / Her selfe poysd with her selfe in either eye."archaic
Definition source: Wiktionary