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TO equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.

A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

A porpoise. [Scott.] Dunter goose (Zoöl.) the eider duck. J. Brand.

e two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise. H. Spenser.

Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise. In . . . running, leaping, and dancing, nature's laws of equilibration are observed. J. Denham.

Evenly poised; balanced. Dr. H. More. -- E`qui*lib"ri*ous*ly, adv.

Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way. South.

Equality of weight; equipoise.

See Flipper. "The flapper of a porpoise." Buckley. Flapper skate (Zoöl.), a European skate (Raia intermedia).

n America, and L. cachinnans in England. See Gull. -- Herring hog (Zoöl.), the common porpoise. -- King of the herrings. (Zoöl.) (a) The chimæra (C. monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. See Chimæra. (b) The opah.

Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.

ion of dower. The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. Shak.

To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. Their parts all liberate on too nice a beam. Clifton.

Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.

clined to, war; warlike; brave. But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, Each other's poise and counterbalance are. Dryden.

To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down. Sir Roger shook his ears, and nuzzled along. Arbuthnot.

The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. The counterpoise of so great an opposition. Shak. Virtue which breaks through all opposition. Milton.

See Poise. Chapman.