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Webster 1913 Edition
Countertime
Coun′ter-timeˊ
(-t?mˊ)
, Noun.
1.
(Man.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Countertime
COUNTERTIME
,Noun.
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.