Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Peise \Peise\, n. [See {Poise}.]
   A weight; a poise. [Obs.] ``To weigh pence with a peise.''
   --Piers Plowman.

Peise \Peise\, v. t.
   To poise or weight. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

         Lest leaden slumber peise me down.       --Shak.