poise

Definitions

• A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
• Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
• Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
• A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
• (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
• (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
• The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
• That which causes a balance; a counterweight.