单词 | countermount |
释义 | † countermountv. Obsolete. transitive. To mount in the opposite direction; to reverse. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > mount planta1500 mount1515 brake1579 countermount1596 remount1627 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. i. ix. 30 There they deuised to countermount all the artillerie in their armie against the Kings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † countermountcountermontadv. Obsolete. Up-hill, upwards, against the hill or slope; against the natural course or ordinary way. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in upward direction upc888 upwardsc890 upwardOE anovewardOE countermount1513 upwith1513 supernally1596 headward1786 upwardly1816 upways1890 up-along1963 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adverb] > without conforming to nature, reason, etc. preposterously?c1550 countermount1647 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. x. 77 Quhair throw the sandis..Erydanus, the hevinlie riveir cleir, Flowis countirmont and wpwart to the lift. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. iv. i. 118 He might haue gone vp countermount against the riuer of Rhene. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. v. 324 Horses and men were forced to draw countermount at the taile of euery peece. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (ed. 4) 29 They rather draw countermont with their hearts. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Contirmont, against the hill, upwards. The term is metaphorically applied to any thing that is contrary to the nature or the course of things. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmascounter-mount counter-mount n. Brit. , U.S. ΚΠ 1605 S. Daniel Trag. Philotas iii. ii. sig. D3 And built her contermonts vpon that side. < as lemmas |
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