LekhoriLekhoriA weight sufficient to balance another, for example in the opposite end of scales; an equal weight.
An effect of equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force or influence
This necessary counterpoise, the affectionate and simple-minded will readily conceive, would arise to Louisa from the absence of those "dear familiar faces" which had hitherto constituted her world.
The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium
To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Weights, counterpoising one another.
From Old French contrepois, contrepeser, later assimilated to poise.
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To act against with equal power; to balance.
So many freeholders of English […]will be able to beard, and to counterpoise the rest.