All 3 Uses of
poise
in
The Two Towers
- They were so wrought and poised upon their huge hinges, posts of steel driven into the living stone, that when unbarred they could be moved with a light thrust of the arms, noiselessly.†
Chpt 3.8
- Not even an eagle poised against the sun would have marked the hobbits sitting there, under the weight of doom, silent, not moving, shrouded in their thin grey cloaks.†
Chpt 4.3 *
- He saw now: it was a black tower poised above the outer pass.†
Chpt 4.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(poise) calm, confident, and in control—especially in movement, behavior, or when ready to act
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, poise is a technical word referencing a unit of dynamic viscosity.