单词 | poising |
释义 | poisingn. The action of poise v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equilibrium > balancing poising1545 balancing1612 equilibrationa1613 equiponderation1656 trimmingc1796 antilibration1831 balancement1862 1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Ascalon, an hebrue woorde, signifieth a poysyng, or a balance. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. viii. 33 From ill digestion, through th'unequall poysing Of ill-weigh'd Elements. 1701 Exercise of Foot 37 Take hold of it under the pan, with your right hand, so that the poising of the Musket, and the setting down of the right foot, be done at the same time. 1756 Enq. Present Syst. 43 We can readily determine, from the poising of our Purses, the Difference between Levity and Gravity. 1829 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 119 256 Even the poising of the body when in the erect position, must require unusual exertion of muscular power. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ii. 36 There was something almost majestic..in the poising of her head. 1949 A. Chujoy Dance Encycl. 386/1 Posé, in ballet a poising of the body, made by stepping, with the knee straight, on to the pointe, or half-pointe. 1989 Independent 3 Oct. 16/4 Injuries to some of these connections in the monkey's brain were correlated with the defects they produced in performance of movements; the poising of an arm, for instance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). poisingadj. Now chiefly poetic. That poises (in various senses).In quot. ?1473 probably in sense ‘massive’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adjective] > weighing poising?1473 the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adjective] > held up without support > in the air poising?1473 pendentc1600 pensile1605 pendulous1608 hovering1630 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 4 The men in thoo dayes were stedfast & poysyng [Fr. pesans] as montaygnes and Rude as stones and bestes. 1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Bladud f. 46 I deckt my selfe with plumes and winges, As here thou seest in skilfull wise: And many equall poysing thinges, To ayde my flight. 1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse sig. E6v Sol riseth in the Line, And doth in poyzing Libra this month shine. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 81 The heavier Earth is by her Weight betray'd, The lighter in the poising Hand is weigh'd. View more context for this quotation 1765 W. Stevenson Orig. Poems I. 189 It bends, it tapers in his poising hand. 1824 E. Atherstone Midsummer Day's Dream 30 Look at the silvery glitter of the fish, That dart, and flash, or rest their elegant shapes With outspread, poising fins, floating asleep In some still, sunny pool. 1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland xxi, in Poems (1967) 58 Thy unchancelling poising palms were weighing the worth, Thou martyr-master. 1905 F. B. Money-Coutts Musa Verticordia 61 The poising swallows o'er you fly. 1992 G. Maxwell Out of Rain ii. 78 The million-copied hair Crowns the coy and poising sight Of Beauty for the week. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1545adj.?1473 |
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