Peise : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Peise	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peise \Peise\, n. [See {Poise}.] A weight; a poise. [Obs.] [bd]To weigh pence with a peise.[b8] --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[8a]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. [bd]Weights of an extraordinary poise.[b8] --Evelyn.