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peise


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peise  \Peise\,  n.  [See  {Poise}.] 
  A  weight;  a  poise.  [Obs.]  ``To  weigh  pence  with  a  peise.'' 
  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peise  \Peise\,  v.  t. 
  To  poise  or  weight.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  Lest  leaden  slumber  peise  me  down  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poise  \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  p[`e]se, 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poise  \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.