counter-facedadj.
Heraldry.
= counter-fessed adj.
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counter-fessed1486
fretly1486
counter-faced1830
1830 in T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss.
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adj.1830- to have beforehand
- to have blood on one's hands
- to have both oars in the water
- to have both one's meat and mense
- to have bouche of court
- to have bouche of in court
- to have breath
- to have bugs
- to have bugs in ones brain
- to have bugs in ones head
- to have buried
- to have but a mile to midsummer
- to have but half an eye
- to have butterflies
- to have butterflies in the stomach
- to have by the back
- to have by the balls
- to have by the ears
- to have by the foot
- to have by the heels
- to have by the throat
- to have cause
- to have children by
- to have chips in the game
- to have christenhead