PEISE

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A weight; a poise. [Obs.] "To weigh pence with a peise." Piers Plowman.

2.
v.

To poise or weight. [Obs.] Chaucer. Lest leaden slumber peise me down. Shak.


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