counter-erminen.
Heraldry.
The reverse of ermine; = ermines n.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Ermines The French..have no such Term; but call this black powder'd with white, Contre Ermine; as denoting the Counter, or Reverse of Ermine.
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n.1728- to seize a person by the button
- to seize by the button
- to seize by the throat
- to seize hold of
- to seize into one's hands, to one's behoof
- to seize of
- to seize on or upon
- to seize the open file
- to seize time by the forelock
- to seize time by the forelock formerly forehead
- to seize time by the forelock formerly foretop
- to seize time by the forelock formerly top
- to seize up
- to select out
- to sell
- to sell a bill of goods
- to sell a dummy
- to sell a gold brick
- to sell a packet
- to sell a person a gold brick
- to sell a person a packet
- to sell a person a pup
- to sell a person down the river
- to sell a person south
- to sell a pig in a poke