Sc. Obs. [Derivation uncertain: see Jamieson.] A rival.
a. 1455. Holland, Howlat, 904. As souerane him awne self throw bewte he bair Counterpalace to the Pape, our princis, I plicht.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, X. 524. Stud thow rychtwys to me, Cownter palyss I suld nocht be to the.
