Both Uses
poise
in
That Summer, by Sarah Dessen
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- When I came down into the kitchen, she was poised in front of the open freezer, wielding the ice pick, Barry Manilow crooning out at her from the tape player she kept on the kitchen table.†
Chpt 1
- "You know what your problem is," Casey began, her hand poised to shake at me, but then she stopped dead, sucking in her breath.†
Chpt 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) Much more rarely, poise is a technical word referencing a unit of dynamic viscosity.