† counter-plightn.
Obsolete.
A fold in the opposite direction.Apparently an isolated use.
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1625 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Noe in tr. Part of Du Bartas 155 Among the greater six, that with a counter plight [Fr. pli contraire] Do half divide the globe, the circl of March-day-night Is justly set betwixt the north and southern pole.
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n.1625- to give a person sauce
- to give a person shit
- to give a person some one's compliments
- to give a person some one's kind regards
- to give a person some one's love
- to give a person some slack
- to give a person some sugar
- to give a person swinge
- to give a person the air
- to give a person the bauble
- to give a person the big e
- to give a person the bird
- to give a person the black spot
- to give a person the boot or the order of the boot
- to give a person the bothered ear
- to give a person the bum's rush
- to give a person the bumps
- to give a person the business
- to give a person the dingbats
- to give a person the double-cross
- to give a person the doublecross
- to give a person the dunt
- to give a person the elbow
- to give a person the eye
- to give a person the eyeball