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单词 counterly
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counterlyadj.1adv.

Etymology: < counter adj. or counter adv. + -ly suffix1.
Heraldry. Obsolete.
A. adj.1
Of the shield, etc.: Divided into two parts of different tinctures.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two
parted1395
partyc1460
counterly1486
1486 Bk. St. Albans B v a Dyuerse beryngis of feeldis ther be. Oon is beryng hole felde..The secunde is bering too feldis, hit is calde in armis Counterli.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 186 The seconde fielde was when as the scutcheon consisteth (as it were) of two fieldes parted equallye either in pale, bend, fesse, chiueron, pile, &c. and of the auncients it was called Counterley.
B. adv.
In a way that is counter to another, or in which two parts are counter to each other in colour, order, direction, etc.; counterwise.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adverb] > other manners or types of charge
quarterly?a1425
counterly1610
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. v. 18 He beareth Azure a Bordure counter-componed: Or, and Guiles; which is asmuch to say, as Compounded of these two Colours counterly placed.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 14/1 He beareth..three pair of Wings, the uppermost and neithermost counterly crossed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

counterlyadj.2

Etymology: counter n.3 + -ly suffix1: compare heavenly, earthly.
Obsolete. rare.
Having kinship with the Counter or Compter (prison).
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [adjective] > in or belonging to specific prisons
counterlyc1575
towered1716
Newgatory1825
c1575 T. Preston Cambyses in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IV. 233 Why, ye stale counterly villain, nothing but knave?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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