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Webster 1828 Edition

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Balancing.

poising

poising ‎(plural poisings)

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 […]