Definitions for: Poised

[adj] 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"
[adj] marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; "a gull in poised flight"; "George's poised hammer"