| 释义 |
† ˈcountercuff Obs.
[counter- 3.]
A cuff or blow given in return, or to parry another.
1589(title), A Countercuffe given to Martin Junior by the venturous, hardie, and renowned Pasquill of Englande Cavaliero. 1622Boys Wks. 236 For Christ doth urge most, it is written, whereas the Pope by way of countercuffe, as Antichrist..maintaineth ordinances unwritten. 1704E. Ward Dissent. Hypocr. 3 His lofty Hymn to th' Wooden-Ruff, Was to the Law a Counter-Cuff. |