poise

n. சமநிலை, மனத்தயக்க நிலை, கோட்ட அமைதி, தலை முதலிய உறுப்புக்களை வைத்துக்கொண்டிருக்கும் தனி முறை நிலையைமைதி, (வினை.) சமநிலையில் நிறுத்து, தொங்கவிடு, தாங்கவிடு, தலை முதலிய உறுப்புக்கள் வகையில் தனிக்கோட்ட அமைதியுடையராயிரு, சமநிலையில் வைக்கப்பெறு, காற்றுவௌதயில் அந்தரத்தில் மிதந்துநில்.

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Poise, n. Etym: [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. 2. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed. 3. The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest. Bentley. 4. That which causes a balance; a counterweight. Men of unbounded imagination often want the poise of judgment. Dryden. Poise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poised, (; p. pr. & vb. n. Poising.] Etym: [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. 2. To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance. Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie. Dryden. 3. To counterpoise; to counterbalance. One scale of reason to poise another of sensuality. Shak. To poise with solid sense a sprightly wit. Dryden. 4. To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh. He can not sincerely consider the strength, poise the weight, and discern the evidence. South. 5. To weigh (down); to oppress. [Obs.] Lest leaden slumber peise me down to-morrow. Shak. Poise, v. i. Defn: To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt. The slender, graceful spars Poise aloft in air. Longfellow.