Obs. [COUNTER- 6.] A course that runs counter to another or to the proper course.
1601. ? Marston, Pasquil & Kath., I. 303. Why should you runne an Idle counter-course Thwart to the path of fashion?
1638. Rouse, Heav. Univ., Pref. To turn men back more willingly from this Counter-course.