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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUNTERTIME

n.[counter and time. ] 1. In the manege, the defense or resistance of a horse that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman or the bad temper of the horse.
2. Resistance; opposition.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUNTERTIME

COUNTERTIME Coun "ter *time ` (-tm `), n.

 

1. (Man. )

 

Defn: The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.

 

2. Resistance; opposition. [Obs. ] Give not shus the countertime to fate. Dryden.

 

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