All 3 Uses of
poise
in
Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)
- Finnick, glistening and gorgeous, stands a few yards away, with a trident poised to attack.†
Chpt 19
- But I sense the mass of warm bodies poised above us.†
Chpt 21 *
- Finnick and I stand with our weapons poised while he works the spile in, but no threat appears.†
Chpt 22
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.