Etymology: counter-prefix 1: compare calkv.3, and French contrecalquer to trace in reverse.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To trace as counterparts.
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1662 J. EvelynSculptura iv. 47 Vago de Carpi did things..in a new way of Charo Scuro, or Mezzo Tinto by the help of two plates, exactly conter-calked, one serving for the shadow.
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