† countershockn.
Obsolete.
A return shock, a recoil.
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Contraurto, a countershocke.
Derivatives
ˈcountershock v.
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Contraurtare, to countershocke.
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n.1611- to smite down one's knees to the earth
- to smite fire
- to smite hip and thigh
- to smite off
- to smite one's tutor
- to smite the mizzen
- to smite the nail on the head
- to smite the right nail on the head
- to smite through
- to smite to a person's heart
- to smite to death
- to smite to the death
- to smite to the earth
- to smite to the floor
- to smite to the ground
- to smite with a hammer
- to smite with the hammer
- to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib
- to smite, strike a stroke
- to smoke a pipe
- to smoke like a chimney
- to smoke the skin coat of
- to smooth a person's ruffled feathers
- to smooth it
- to smooth one's rumpled feathers