sb. [COUNTER- 3, 5.] A return-blow; the back-stroke of a rebound.

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1655–60.  Stanley, Hist. Philos. (1701), 65/1. That the Voice is made by the Wind, hitting against firm resisting Air, returning the counter-blow to our Ears.

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1707.  Collier, Refl. Ridic., 76. A Man feels for a long time the Counter-Blow of indiscreet Expences.

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1768.  in Doran, Mann & Manners (1876), II. viii. 190. The harshest counter-blow came from Spain.

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1860.  Mayne, Expos. Lex., 225/1. Contrecoup … a counter-blow; a rebound.

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  So † Counterblow v., to give counterblows to.

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1632.  Lithgow, Trav., IX. (1682), 400. The Tartars are not expert in War … nor so manly as the Polonians, who Counter-blow them at Rancounters.

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