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▪ I. ˈcounter-ˌproof, n.
[counter- 9, 8.]
†1. Proof on the other side or to the contrary.
(Might be written as two words.)
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xx. 162 [He] had a suspicion of the Fidelitie of his wife..vntill he was driuen by counter-proofe to acknowledge his causlesse suspicion.
2. (See quots.)
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Counter-proof, in rolling-press printing, a print taken off from another fresh printed; which, by being passed thro' the press, gives the figure of the former, but inverted. 1727–51[see counterprove 2]. 1874in Knight Dict. Mech.
▪ II. † counter-proof, a. Obs.
Proof (against something).
1648Herrick Hesper., Chr. Milit., A man prepar'd against all ills..counter-proofe against the farms mis-haps. |