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Meaning of PEISE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Peise\, n. [See {Poise}.]
    A weight; a poise. [Obs.] ``To weigh pence with a peise.''
    --Piers Plowman.
    
  2. \Peise\, v. t.
    To poise or weight. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
          Lest leaden slumber peise me down.       --Shak.
    
 
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