poise
/pɔɪz/ noun C2- Unit of viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).
Plural poises
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Something of his birthplace seemed to cling to the man, and I never looked at his pale, keen face or the poise of his head without associating him with grey archways and mullioned windows and all the venerable wreckage of a feudal keep.
There was no mistaking the poise of the head, the squareness of the shoulders, the sharpness of the features.
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