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† ˈcountermoil, n. Obs. [counter- 2.] Labour in opposition. (Somewhat contemptuous.) So counterˈmoil v., to work laboriously against; counterˈmoiling vbl. n.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 277 b, Strong and..invincible agaynst all the battery and countermoyles of Heretiques. Ibid. 129 Undermined with the countermoyling of her outragious Pyoners. |