poise

poise is a   Noun

Definition:

[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.

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