单词 | counterbuff |
释义 | † counterbuffn. Obsolete. 1. A blow in the contrary direction; a blow given in return; the blow or shock of a recoil. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > rebound > [noun] > shock of counterbuff?1578 rejolt1694 counterblow1860 the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > in contrary direction counterbuff?1578 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > return blow or attack countertailc1430 counterbuff?1578 countercuff1589 revie1589 cross-blow1590 counterblow1706 riposte1854 counterstroke1876 the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > returning a blow > return blow or stroke countertailc1430 counterbuff?1578 countercuff1589 revie1589 counterstroke1596 after-blow1607 counterblow1655 return1702 return stroke1838 ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 31 The buff at the man, and the coounterbuff at the hors. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xvii. lxvii. 133 Yet was the counterbuffe thereof so great, The knight had much a do to keepe his seate. 1594 Kyd Cornelio v, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) V. 243 One while the top [of the tree] doth almost touch the earth, And then it riseth with a counterbuff. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. D2v Had he offerd but the least counter-buffe, by this hand I was prepared for him. 1613 H. Wotton Let. 31 Mar. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 406 Sommerset, who with a counter-buff had almost set himself out of the Saddle. a1637 B. Jonson Kings Entertainm. at Welbeck sig. Oo2v in Wks. (1640) III The blow You give Sir Quintin, and the Cuffe You scape o' th' Sand-bag's Counterbuffe. 2. A rebuff, a check. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > a denial or refusal nayc1390 negation?a1425 non1551 negativec1571 counterbuff1579 say-nay1657 repellent1777 repellence1817 raspberry1919 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff rebuke?a1513 counterbuff1579 damp1584 check?c1600 turnagain1630 rebuff1672 knock1898 knockback1898 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 833 There fell misliking betwixt Cicero and Cato, for this counterbuffe he had giuen him. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 263 He did not commonly suffer any great Humane Prosperity, to continue long, without some check or counterbuff. 3. An encounter; an exchange of blows. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight bicker1297 fightc1300 tirpeilc1330 ragea1393 stradec1400 intermell1489 cockfighta1513 skirm1534 bustle1579 pell-mellc1586 brabble1587 jostle1607 scufflea1616 counterbuff1632 mêléea1648 roil1690 tussle1749 scrimmage1780 turn-up1810 scrape1812 pounding match1815 mellay1819 struggle1840 mix-up1841 scrap1846 rough-up1891 turn-to1893 push and shove1895 bagarre1897 stoush1908 dogfight1910 bundle1936 sort-out1937 yike1940 bassa-bassa1956 punch-up1958 thump-up1967 1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 15 Mischiefe required there should be distance betweene such terrible counterbuffes. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. v. 56 Sir Edward Harbert is return'd, having had some clashings and counterbuffs with the Favorite Luynes. 1656 F. Beale tr. G. Greco Royall Game Chesse-play Ded. Verses sig. A vj Nor my leasure sings The Counterbuffs of the foure painted Kings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). counterbuffv. archaic. transitive. To give a counterbuff to; to strike in return or in the opposite direction; to meet (a blow) with a return blow; to rebuff. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > give return blow to counterbuff1579 counterblow1632 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > rebuff rebut1488 reject1529 counterbuff1579 rebuffa1586 repel1593 slighta1616 to blow off1631 squab1812 respue1818 snout1916 stiff-arm1927 to knock back1930 to brush off1941 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Gloss. Emblem, Whom Cuddye doth counterbuff with a byting..prouerbe. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. E2 To counterbuffe and beate backe all those ouerthwart blowes wherewith you haue charged me. 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies (1660) ii. xlii. 71 Have we not enemies to counterbuffe, Enow. 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia in Fables 553 Stun'd with the diff'rent Blows; then shoots amain Till counterbuff'd she stops, and sleeps again. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 293 A dart..Which by th' hoarse bronze was straightway counterbuffed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.?1578v.1579 |
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