poise

f. dengede tutmak, dengelemek, asılı durmak, havada durmak, dik tutmak (baş), kaldırmak (baş)
i. denge, duruş, havada asılı kalma, dengelilik, temkin, kendine hakim olma

And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at various slopes and directions till it cuts into the air that is being raised by the face of the following wave, which again enables it to resume its velocity.
Lawrence Hargrave

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.
Al Spalding

I thought that the Professor was going to break down and have hysterics, just as he had when Lucy died, but with a great effort he controlled himself and was at perfect nervous poise when Harker tripped into the room, bright and happy looking and, in the doing of work, seemingly forgetful of her misery.

I thought that the Professor was going to break down and have hysterics, just as he had when Lucy died, but with a great effort he controlled himself and was at perfect nervous poise when Mrs.Harker tripped into the room, bright and happy looking and, in the doing of work, seemingly forgetful of her misery.

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband).
James Thurber

The key to winning is poise under stress.
Paul Brown

The poise of the head strikes me at once as indicative of thought and power.

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