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▪ I. † ˈcountermount, -mont, adv. Obs.
[a. F. contremont, in OF. cuntremunt up-hill, up, contrariwise, f. contre against + mont mount, hill.]
Up-hill, upwards, against the hill or slope; against the natural course or ordinary way. Also fig.
1513Douglas æneis vi. x. 77 Quhair throw the sandis..Erydanus, the hevinlie riveir cleir, Flowis countirmont and wpwart to the lift. 1596Danett tr. Comines 118 He might haue gone vp countermount against the riuer of Rhene. Ibid. 324 Horses and men were forced to draw countermount at the taile of euery peece. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 29 They rather draw countermont with their hearts. 1808Jamieson, Contirmont, against the hill, upwards. The term is metaphorically applied to any thing that is contrary to the nature or the course of things.
▪ II. † countermount, v. Obs.
[ad. F. contremonter (Cotgr.): cf. prec.]
trans. To mount in the opposite direction; to reverse.
1596Danett tr. Comines 30 There they deuised to countermount all the artillerie in their armie against the Kings. |