† countersignationn.
Obsolete. rare.
The affixing of a mark for reference; see countersign n. 2.
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countersignation1665
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 6 I shall..present it to you, with some other Countersignations..for your more clearly understanding thereof.
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n.1665- to be on the flypaper
- to be on the good side of a person
- to be on the hedge
- to be on the high jump
- to be on the in
- to be on the inside
- to be on the last knockings
- to be on the lift
- to be on the lock
- to be on the outside looking in
- to be on the panel
- to be on the rack
- to be on the rag
- to be on the receiving end
- to be on the right or wrong side of the hedge
- to be on the roister
- to be on the roud
- to be on the safe side
- to be on the safer or wrong side of the hedge
- to be on the same page
- to be on the same wavelength
- to be on the scene
- to be on the street
- to be on the streets
- to be on the sure side