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Poising

//ˈpɔɪzɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is poised.

    "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 […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of poise form-of, gerund, participle, present

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