[poizd] 
| 1. | (of a person) composed, dignified, and self-assured. |
| 2. | being in balance or equilibrium: a balloon poised on the nose of a seal. |
| 3. | teetering or wavering: to be poised on the brink of disaster. |
| 4. | hovering or suspended in or as in midair: a bird poised in flight; a helicopter poised overhead. |
