Definitions for "poised"
Keywords:  procinto
"in procinto di"
in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; "a gull in poised flight"; "George's poised hammer"