peise, peize, pease, peaze or peyse /pāz or pēz/ (obsolete)

1. Weight
2. A weight
3. A balance
4. A blow (Spenser)

1. To balance (Spenser, Shakespeare)
2. To poise (Spenser)
3. To put weights on, weigh down (Shakespeare)

To press or settle downwards

• book group
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• book-hand
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• book-holder
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• bookie
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• book in
• booking
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• booking hall
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• booking office
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• bookish
• bookishness
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• bookkeeper
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• bookkeeping