COUNTERTIME

countertime. Countertime, n. defense, opposition, resistance, ob.

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Coun″ter‐time′ (–t?m′), n. 1. 1. (Man.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.
2. 2. Resistance; opposition.
Give not shus the countertime to fate. Dryden.