English-Thai Dictionary
countermine
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COUNTERMINE
n.[counter and mine. ] 1. In military affairs, a well and gallery sunk in the earth and running under ground, in search of the enemys mine, or till it meets it, to defeat its effect.
2. Means of opposition or counteraction.
3. A stratagem or project to frustrate any contrivance.
COUNTERMINE
v.t. 1. To sink a well and gallery in the earth, in search of an enemys mine, to frustrate his designs.
2. To counterwork; to frustrate by secret and opposite measures.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COUNTERMINE
Coun "ter *mine ` (koun "tr-mn `), n. Etym: [Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf. F. contermine.]
1. (Mil. )
Defn: An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated. Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney.
COUNTERMINE
Coun `ter *mine " (koun `tr-mn "), v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. contreminer.] [imp. & p. p. Countermined; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermining.]
1. (Mil. )
Defn: To oppose by means or a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
COUNTERMINE
COUNTERMINE Coun `ter *mine ", v. i.
Defn: To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. 'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. Chapman.
New American Oxford Dictionary
countermine
coun ter mine |ˈkountərˌmīn ˈkaʊntərmaɪn |Military ▶noun an excavation dug to intercept another dug by an enemy. ▶verb [ with obj. ] dig a countermine against.
Oxford Dictionary
countermine
coun ¦ter |mine |ˈkaʊntəmʌɪn | ▶noun Military an excavation dug to intercept another dug by an enemy. ▶verb [ with obj. ] dig a countermine against: (as noun countermining ) : countermining would be impossible given their shortage of gun powder.
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