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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.

(obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.

(obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

(obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh. (17th c.)

(obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down. (18th c.)

(rare) To hold (something) (with) or (against) something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.

To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.

To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.

To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.