All 3 Uses of
poise
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Father was poised to go on with the story when suddenly Tata Ndu stood right straight up, cutting him off in the middle of hammering home his message.†
Chpt 4
- I clung to the rough plank, poised far out over the water, giving all my might to the service of balance.†
Chpt 5
- We're poised on the border with everything we might need for an eventual destiny assembled around us.†
Chpt 5 *
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.