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

• protecting
• protectingly
• protection
• protectionism
• protectionisms
• protectionist
• protectionists
• protection money
• protections
• protective
• protective coloration
• protective colorations
• protective custody
• protectively
• protectiveness
• protectivenesses
• protectives
• protective tariff
• protective tariffs
• protector
• protectoral
• protectorate
• protectorates
• protectorial
• protectories