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Webster 1828 Edition


Poising

POIS'ING

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ppr.
Balancing.

Definition 2024


poising

poising

English

Verb

poising

  1. present participle of poise

Noun

poising (plural poisings)

  1. The act by which something is poised.
    • William Faulkner
      And then his father came up beside him where he stood before a tattered last year's circus poster on the other side of the store, gazing rapt and quiet at the scarlet horses, the incredible poisings and convolutions of tulle and tights []