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poise
accommodate, beckon, comportment, demeanor, equivalency, hang, methodology, plane, security, staidness, way of life
Definition
n.
a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter
Last update: July 5, 2015
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A diver
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d his body before taking a dive.
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She is a woman of great
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In another arrangement the self-recording parts are entirely enclosed in the travelling
poise
itself.
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That he now
poise
d that it now throbbed.
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But with Carpeaux's distinction Dalou has more
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.
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The castle stands perched (say rather
poise
d, like St.)
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A moment it
poise
d there, while he swayed, sick with horror.
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He recovered his
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with quite astonishing activity, and shuffled himself back again to the center of the dais.
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But a little farther on Miss Maggie's step lagged perceptibly, and her head lost its proud
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.
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Miss Maggie had left the sofa, and was standing, as if half-
poise
d for flight, midway to the door.
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_ "AN OPPORTUNITY CAME, WHICH, HAD SHE BEEN POISED IN THE AIR, COULD SCARCELY HAVE BEEN MISSED."
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