单词 | counter-course |
释义 | † counter-coursen. Obsolete. A course that runs counter to another or to the proper course. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > opposite or reciprocal counter-course1601 reciprocal course1946 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B3v Why should you runne an Idle counter-course Thwart to the path of fashion? 1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. Pref. sig. A7v To turn men back the more willingly from this counter-course. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † counter-coursev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To treat with an opposite course or a return course (of meat). ΚΠ 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. Bv His heauie frinds..haue counter coursd him, with messes somewhat hoat of the spice. 2. intransitive. To course or run in opposite directions. ΚΠ 1657 [see counter-coursing adj. at Derivatives]. Derivatives ˈcounter-coursing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adjective] > moving in opposite directions counter-coursing1657 1657 T. Haak in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 113 The intermeddling, countercoursing thoughts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1601v.1590 |
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