单词 | counter-proof |
释义 | counter-proofn.ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > instance of confutationa1535 rejarg1534 rejag?1554 overthwart?1567 counter-proof1610 confute1646 disproof1657 rebutter1794 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xx. 162 [He] had a suspicion of the Fidelitie of his Wife..vntill hee was driuen by counter-proofe, to acknowledge his causlesse suspicion. 2. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Counter-Proof, in Rolling-Press Printing, a Print taken off from another fresh printed; which, by being pass'd thro' the Press, gives the Figure of the former, but inverted. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Counter To Counter-prove, is also to pass a Design in black Lead, or red Chalk thro' the Press, after having moisten'd with a Sponge, both that, and the Paper on which the Counter-Proof is to be taken. 1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † counter-proofadj. Obsolete. Proof (against something). ΚΠ 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. L2v A Man..That's counter-proofe against the Farms mis-haps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1610adj.1648 |
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